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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 274538, member: 405"]
It's not about laughing and cracking jokes during the game, it's about playing loose versus playing tight.  That comes from confidence.  It comes from  not allowing your team to have such highs and lows, and trying to keep an even keel.  
 
Hunter Thompson used to say that he could tell which team was going to win the Super Bowl just by watching warm-ups.  The team that was more relaxed was usually more confident, and they were the team that was going to win.  The team that was trying too hard to get up for the game was usually wound too tight,  would commit errors, like jumping offside too much, personal fouls, etc.  
 
This isn't that hard to understand, if you take Marrone out of the discussion.  Did the late year Pasqualoni teams play relaxed or tight ?  Pasqualoni played not to lose, to avoid mistakes, and you just don't win that way on a consistent basis.  It's a game.  You hear pros saying that all the time - "just have fun out there".  There must be a reason why.
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