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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 6829255" data-attributes="member: 6696971">This is not anecdotal evidence.  The only bit of autobiographical information in there is my age (implying I'm not exceedingly young, hence I've crossed paths with more than a few people...which rather follows!).  It is analysis of readily available observational evidence.  I only posted because I thought you seemed to have a level of certitude that I figured was born of direct experience or analysis of that available observational evidence.  I do appreciate your response and your humility.What I wrote upthread directly isolates and analyses the factors of grit, cool, "want-to" (the combination of which yield moxie; the intangible "It" factor that is often qualified with recent attempts to quantify it with WAR and GRIT statistics), situational awareness, and tactical acumen (coupled with the ability to impart information in digestable chunks in-situ) on combat sports and the small tactical skirmish of basketball in real-time.  It was a focused rejoinder addressing a specific contention about the implausibility of a thing.  You can apply, or not apply, any conclusions you might broadly draw from it to the discussion at hand.There are very specific things that you can engage with, analyze, and dispute there (rather than taking the abstract, "drive-by quip" approach that addresses nothing of consequence of what was said in the post).  I would urge you to do so.  Your "avid sports fan" take on yourself means nothing to me.  The number of "avid sports fans" who have a very shallow understanding of the machinery at work of what they're watching (or even physically engaging in) is legion (something as trivial as the OPS stat in baseball or the differences between a 4-3 over front versus 4-3 under is utterly lost on them).  You need to show me, don't tell me.  I'll agree with this because of typically (my bolded).  However, while PCs are not "typical Joes and Sues" in D&D, neither are Jameis Winstons in real life (except JWs in real life are much more typical than PCs in D&D).  You have an entire organization (10+ year vets in Logan Mankins and Vincent Jackson included) gushing openly over his competitive/"never-say-die" will, his grit/toughness, his tactical acumen, his "arrive-first/leave-last" approach, the way he always holds himself accountable and expects the most out of himself and everyone around him...he has that intangible "it factor"...and how he has organically become the leader of that locker room because of it.On the opposite side of the ball, the same thing was being said about rookie middle linebacker Kwon Alexander.  Meanwhile, Gerald McCoy (the best player on the team for the last several years) has been routinely decried for his lack of "it factor"...his inability to lead, inspire, and raise the level of play of his teammates (in contrast to his Hall of Fame predecessor Warren Sapp who, again, took over the locker room immediately).</blockquote>

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