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Duck 1972

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  1. On the ninth day before football my true friend said to me there are nine Ducks a flying,

     

    Eight Ducks a lifting,

     

    Seven Ducks a scoring,

     

    Six Ducks 1st team all PAC 12,

     

    Five O Lineman,

     

    Four Ducks a TD rushing,

     

    Three Ducks a TD catching,

     

    Two Ducks a blitzing,

     

    And a win over Geor-orgia!

     

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  2. I read a great book called "The Power of Habit". In it the author details the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and coach Tony Dungy. How they were not going to keep losing.  By lessening the playbook, to become proficient at the plays they did retain. They drilled over and over. They got so good they went into the Superbowl. Which they lost.

     

    The reason they determined was they weren't close enough as a team so when an obstacle hit them they fell apart. The machine they had become quit working. 

     

    So that off season Tony instituted a way for them to become closer. The very next year they won. To a player when asked what the difference was, the response was they were playing for more than just themselves and the games but for each other.

     

    The author surmised the missing ingredient was not only being proficient but playing for something more than just yourself but each other.

     

    I remember Chip talking about the book and I believe the concept became a bedrock of his team. In fact he and Tony became friends and his son played for the Ducks.

     

    I wonder if DL also read the book because he is embracing its ideas at almost every turn.

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