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<blockquote data-quote="jojatk" data-source="post: 952347" data-attributes="member: 2627"><p>This ^.</p><p></p><p>I would also add that something we have been missing is SKILL. There have been many arguments over the years over how much talent we have on the roster. I would submit that SKILL is where coaches/teachers make the biggest difference. I am using the definition of skill as an ability derived from practice, meaning it can be learned and improved upon, whereas I'm defining talent as natural ability. We may not have had as many kids that are as naturally talented as other programs. But I think we've had kids who DO have enough talent to play better than they have and we haven't done a good job of developing their skills. So even when we had kids with talent we just didn't do a good job of cultivating it. Plus we didn't have enough of those high talent kids.</p><p></p><p>Looking at the staff that Coach Key has assembled I do feel like we've got a better overall set of teachers than we've had in a while. My expectation is that we become much more fundamentally sound and when we get beat it's because the other team beats us and not because we beat ourselves by not doing a good enough job developing the skills of the players we have. When kids see guys coming into a program and leaving BETTER they take notice. It would make me proud to see the kids leaving GT better than when they arrived both on and off the field. I think we've done a very good job of helping them mature off the field over the years and now I want to see us do that on the field as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jojatk, post: 952347, member: 2627"] This ^. I would also add that something we have been missing is SKILL. There have been many arguments over the years over how much talent we have on the roster. I would submit that SKILL is where coaches/teachers make the biggest difference. I am using the definition of skill as an ability derived from practice, meaning it can be learned and improved upon, whereas I'm defining talent as natural ability. We may not have had as many kids that are as naturally talented as other programs. But I think we've had kids who DO have enough talent to play better than they have and we haven't done a good job of developing their skills. So even when we had kids with talent we just didn't do a good job of cultivating it. Plus we didn't have enough of those high talent kids. Looking at the staff that Coach Key has assembled I do feel like we've got a better overall set of teachers than we've had in a while. My expectation is that we become much more fundamentally sound and when we get beat it's because the other team beats us and not because we beat ourselves by not doing a good enough job developing the skills of the players we have. When kids see guys coming into a program and leaving BETTER they take notice. It would make me proud to see the kids leaving GT better than when they arrived both on and off the field. I think we've done a very good job of helping them mature off the field over the years and now I want to see us do that on the field as well. [/QUOTE]
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