How David Beats Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell (Long Read, cliffs on pg. 2)

[je ne sais quoi]

@ the ref in the end
The tactics of Lawrence of Arabis reminds me of Genghis Kahn, like when he decided not to challenge the Great Wall directly, but to take the long journey around that *!%%+%%@#*!@.

 

[based god]

So... anyone that read the article wanna provide some cliffs?

 

[sneakaprince]

Posting for later I gotta get ready for church

 

[je ne sais quoi]

Originally Posted by Based God

So... anyone that read the article wanna provide some cliffs?

Underdogs winning isn't as rare as it seems.
Underdogs generally win almost a third of of the time, but when they choose not to play by conventional/"Goliath" rules, their win percentage is over 60.
When the world has to play on Goliath’s terms, Goliath wins.
Real Time Processing > Batch Processing
Effort can trump ability.
Lawrence of Arabia knew what he was doing, George Washington, not so much.
Insurgents work harder than Goliath, but their other advantage is that they will do what is “socially horrifying

 

[wheaties]

lol perfect cliffs but its a good read especially since evrybody always loves the underdog. Theres nothing more satisfying then winning in something when nobody believes you can win sometimes not even yourself but you just try your hardest anyway and pull it off doing whatever it takes.

 

[mr freeze]

 

[celticspride34]

Thanks but no thanks...

 

[Gordonson]

Someone should find that coach that kept calling fouls and knee him in the scrotum.

Hard.

Was it REALLY that hard to read? How does a 17 year old have a longer attention span than you all?

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[warriorsfan]

Originally Posted by cornzilla

Just read the article. Good read, what happen to the girls in the end is just wrong. I mean refs should have any power over the outcome of the game. They shouldn't let their personal bias affect the way the game is called. 

 
Just feel bad that they made it so far only to lose when their  unconventional strategy was deemed illegal.

Agreed

 

[thorrocksjs]

Interesting read

His main flaw was he relied on the same strategy with no intent to improve on his kids abilities or create a better skillset.He probably played aggressive ball that resulting in alot of uncalled fouls on his team and eventually that caught up with his team.

 

[beware the underdog]

Will read later. Untill then SN check.

  

 

[xepikrain]

Originally Posted by ThorrocksJs

Interesting read

His main flaw was he relied on the same strategy with no intent to improve on his kids abilities or create a better skillset.He probably played aggressive ball that resulting in alot of uncalled fouls on his team and eventually that caught up with his team.

Thinking the exact same thing, but to make it all the way to the final game, with a bunch of pansies is still impressive.

 

[crcballer55]

Originally Posted by xEpikRain

Originally Posted by ThorrocksJs

Interesting read

His main flaw was he relied on the same strategy with no intent to improve on his kids abilities or create a better skillset.He probably played aggressive ball that resulting in alot of uncalled fouls on his team and eventually that caught up with his team.

Thinking the exact same thing, but to make it all the way to the final game, with a bunch of pansies is still impressive.

Since they were actually able to make it to the championship with their style of play and not face any imminent foul problems until the last coach rigged the game says that they must have worked on more than just "playing hard".  Most people who have played know that refs look out for a certain style of play when making calls since they can not usually tell whether someone actually fouled another player.  That's why people who play aggressive defense usually don't stay in the game too long even if they play perfectly and hence why most people play passive defense and why coaches teach that way too.