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Originally Posted by Realtor 1
As per the article, its awesome how still very few outside of Calgary believe this could be for real..... a team with less skill but more work ethic and heart could win more games than a team with stars that seldom give 100%
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The wins have been real, but that doesn't make it sustainable. The real test will be how they respond to early adversity. A losing streak, a spate of injuries, etc. The next step will be at the half way point, as the games have less importance.
It's easy to keep the intensity up when it's "us vs the world" or "we're not expected to win" in the first few games, less so in the humdrum games in the middle.
In short, there's a reason talent trumps grinding more often than not. We may have found out there is more talent than we thought, but there's not enough there over 82 games to be in the top 16