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Message: [QUOTE="Intpseeker, post: 2011029, member: 5607"] Very few teams/coaches ever get close to what UConn produces, so they never have to deal with the reality of frequent blowouts. If blowouts are a regular occurrence for a team, playing the manager and the mascot is not an option. Starters on a really really good team earn their playing time in practice, every one of which is leading up to one game, the NC. What happens to the human psyche, even ones who have bought into the notion of sacrificing short-term individual glory to garner the goodies that come from playing within the team concept, if they find that the better they do their job once the clock is running, the less they will play? Would you work hard in practice, knowing you'd get to play a quarter or a half? One coach that I know who had to deal with this 'problem', explained to many coaches that his job was for his team to score and their team's job was to stop the scoring. There is also the philosophy that you aren't playing against a particular team, but rather against yourself and the limitations you fear. You just can't do that playing half a game or completely backing off and playing less than your best. The only thing I thought when reading about the Baylor blowout was wondering what Kim imagined the team would get out of it. [/QUOTE]