Instead of pushing his team to play their hardest against a strong competitor, Coach Steve Kerr did something highly unorthodox. He benched all of his top players, leaving the game to the reserves–in spite of the fact that this was a nationally televised event.
The network and the league may have been frustrated, but the Warriors were re-energized.They lost that night, to no one’s surprise, but the team hasn’t lost since, winning 9 games in a row–including last night’s rematch against those same San Antonio Spurs.
What happened? Kerr changed the game. Instead of driving a tired and injured team to push their hardest in a contest they were unlikely to win, he gave the team permission to think differently–to take that game off their must win list and focus on longer-term goals.
What do you do when your team is in a situation where they aren’t likely to prevail? Do you try to push hard through near-certain futility? Or, can you find a way to score bigger by not playing the game?
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