Learn to Compete
There is so much in this post on Her Loyal Sons that I agree with. First, the part where domer.mq is a geek. But more where mq talks about competing:
Don’t learn to win, learn to compete: I’ve been cringing a lot this week every time I read the quote from Weis about how ND will start winning on a more consistent basis once they start winning some close games. That one just killed me, and more than anything confirmed for me that Weis doesn’t understand what’s going on with these kids. These kids, with the names atop so many recruiting boards in the last couple of years, know plenty about winning. They won all through High School. Hell, Clausen had never lost in the state of California. But what so many of these kids never understood was how to compete. Too many of them were on teams that blew away the “competition” of lower quality programs in high school. Too many of them were able to “beat their man,” simply by virtue of having talent that might play on Sundays while “their man,” might, if he’s luckly, have talent enough to become a pretty good engineer or history teacher. Weis has been, I think, hoping they’ll learn how to win while they should have been learning about how to beat the man across from them.
That is spot on. So is the part about learning on the job. Heck, just go read the whole thing.