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there's the randomness of what happens (*luck*)...and how one responds when confronted with it.
THAT is where character, determination, preparation and the skill to trust it..... play a large part in turning luck(good or bad) into opportunity.
We lost CORE players(TG!! & Kupp) to unlucky injury last year...and what happens? The replacements thrive too (CJ anderson & Reynolds) and we go to the SB by persevering...
it's the skill/ability of the HC/staff/FO etc to turn the randomness of luck .....into a positive and use it to their advantage.
THAT is a skill..or character...or a combo of many things derived from one's drive & intent. imo
What are the odds you get a Kromer and a Wade available the same year with very little chance they will get hired away?
And losing 2 players for part of the season last year was NORMAL. That's just the NFL. That's not "adversity."
Compare that to YEARS of absolute OL injury mayhem, of a kind no team ever wins with, and it happens no matter what they do. It's not remotely the same thing. There was no cure for that.
And of course all good coaches try to turn adversity into a positive. That's what coaches DO. And--a lot of the time, it simply does not work.
Plus of course there's the fact (leaving out that I was actually talking about massive OL INJURIES, and exclusively that) that without Kupp, the Rams offense stumbled a bit. They weren't quiite as good. So that may not be a good example anyway. That was a bit of bad luck actually.
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/08/2019 05:44AM by zn.