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The "Perfect" story for you
Perfect: The Building of a Championship Culture
A true story...
Three years before, they lost every single game. They were small and unnoticed and not one player seemed to garner any attention in the preseason rumblings. The predictions about this season were grim at best and most believed that this would be a "rebuilding year," but there was something unusual brewing in the hearts of these young men as they stepped onto the field for the 1998 season for the Darlington Tigers. No one gave them a chance to do much of anything, and so other teams and players in the area were highlighted and heralded. The Tigers began their first game largely ignored and forgotten, having "no respect," as one of their coaches repeatedly told them. Even as the wins began to stack up, these young men were called “lucky," and still few people saw what was growing inside them all.
It would be a year of surprises with explosions of speed and an uncompromised will that would produce a new definition for the word "TEAM," creating a powerful "beast mode" that would not yield to anyone or any circumstance. The 1998 season would end after the 15th game in a town several hours away in front of a crowd of over 6,000 people. When it was over, not one of their opponents would be able to understand how they had been defeated, but they would always remember the night that they faced the young men from the 1998 Darlington Tiger football team. Imprinted in everyone's minds would be the effect of their overwhelming desire to win at all costs and with their egos checked at the door. Amazingly, not one single senior would be a Division I prospect and the success on the gridiron was due to an uncrushable spirit more than talent alone.
A true story...
Three years before, they lost every single game. They were small and unnoticed and not one player seemed to garner any attention in the preseason rumblings. The predictions about this season were grim at best and most believed that this would be a "rebuilding year," but there was something unusual brewing in the hearts of these young men as they stepped onto the field for the 1998 season for the Darlington Tigers. No one gave them a chance to do much of anything, and so other teams and players in the area were highlighted and heralded. The Tigers began their first game largely ignored and forgotten, having "no respect," as one of their coaches repeatedly told them. Even as the wins began to stack up, these young men were called “lucky," and still few people saw what was growing inside them all.
It would be a year of surprises with explosions of speed and an uncompromised will that would produce a new definition for the word "TEAM," creating a powerful "beast mode" that would not yield to anyone or any circumstance. The 1998 season would end after the 15th game in a town several hours away in front of a crowd of over 6,000 people. When it was over, not one of their opponents would be able to understand how they had been defeated, but they would always remember the night that they faced the young men from the 1998 Darlington Tiger football team. Imprinted in everyone's minds would be the effect of their overwhelming desire to win at all costs and with their egos checked at the door. Amazingly, not one single senior would be a Division I prospect and the success on the gridiron was due to an uncrushable spirit more than talent alone.
