It’s an age-old cliche to use previous disappointments as fuel to succeed in the future.
Nearly every sports club in the world would come out publicly in the offseason and say that last year wasn’t good enough and that their goal is to get better. Using failure as motivation for success isn’t something new. What separates the good from the great is the ability to fulfill these promises.
When a team falls short, they instantly look back at what made the difference between success and failure. What are the small things that they could have changed? What play could have been different?