Prompt Wrote:Your team just experienced a heart-wrenching OT loss to [insert your team's biggest rival in the league]. First off what team would you consider as your team's biggest rival? What's the locker room looking like after that loss? Which player steps up to motivate the rest of the team? How does your player react?
In my feelings, the Outlaws are our current biggest rival right now. We've managed to overcome them at some critical times, but they're clearly a very strong team and the one I'm expecting to need to beat to make it to the Ultimus right now. Maybe they're not our biggest all-time rival, but they're in my mind right now for sure.
That being said, our current team has gone through a tough slog, with years alternating between terrible and great. I think that's given us the mental fortitude to work through that and move on to the next game. Obviously you can't do that if you lost in the playoffs and instead have to move on to next season, but I think our vet crew is experienced enough to help us through that. I've been there as much as anyone else on the team, and I think I can help people work through it. If it's the regular season though, then it's got to be much more about figuring out what went wrong and how to do better next week. Every game matters in trying to win the division, so we have to not let one team beat us in two weeks due to a hangout, and we have to get better. The captains and other experienced players are clearly important to convey that message and to make sure that everyone internalizes it and I think we've managed that fairly decently this year.
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