tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13009903.post-1137029021023484522006-01-11T17:23:00.000-08:002006-01-11T17:23:00.000-08:00Coach Gable,<BR/><BR/>This is somewhat off the subject but I was curious as to what your thoughts were on it...<BR/><BR/>This football season the Indianapolis Colts had a chance to go undefeated and place themselves in the history books as the second team in NFL history to do so, however as soon as they were locked in to a playoff bid their focus seemed to change from domination to only the Super Bowl. They pulled many of their starters, losing 2 of their last three games. Now I realize that championships are the ultimate goal for a team but at the same time, I feel at least that if you have the opportunity to dominate that you should do so. <BR/><BR/>It reminded me of a speech that you gave at the U of Iowa camp in the summer of 1998 regarding this subject, you spoke about how America needed wrestling and gave an example of a distance runner (not sure of the name) who had a chance to set a new world record but once victory in this particular race (I believe it was the Olympics) was assured he slowed down and didn't perform to his full potential. <BR/><BR/>I didn't know if you'd like to elaborate more on this subject as I enjoyed the speech you gave immensely and would imagine that all the website visitors would like to hear it as well.<BR/><BR/>Sincerely,<BR/>-Brett RichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com