Jacob Wiegand, Deseret News
Last week I ran into an acquaintance who played in the NFL for more than a decade, much of it as a starter. We talked about the Jazz and their surprisingly strong finish in the regular season, and their first-round playoff success.
I asked him if all the talk about team chemistry is mostly just an old sports cliché. He said no, and he was adamant. He went on to say he had seen football teams with phenomenally talented players who didn’t like one another, and never reached their potential.
“So is this stuff about the strength of the team being the team, and all that, real?