It's being stated more and more that playing hard is not an inate trait . . . that playing hard has to be learned.
The problem I always had in the past was that Wooly's teams NEVER played hard enough to overcome other areas. I think if this team keeps playing hard, tough defense, and hitting the boards, and limiting turnovers then many things can be overcome. If they slouch back into half ass Wooly ball, they're only prayer is to be on fire from the field and how often has this crew pulled that off??