Coaching systems are important, but the biggest issue with last year's team was resilience and drive. When a coach like Peters is willing to shuffle the lineup, pull out all the stops (including even calling a time-out!) I think the players feel like they are being given an opportunity to win. I don't know what happens behind closed doors, but so far the team seems to have a never-give-up attitude. Perhaps that's just player personnel, and I will admit that there was a significant roster turnover this year. But the leadership stayed mostly the same. I am not sure what systems work I can credit / blame Peters for quite yet, but something certainly has changed in their attitude when playing in close games or from behind early on. I wouldn't be surprised if that's coming top-down from the coach.
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