Jacqueline LeBlanc of Sports Illustrated profiled Missouri’s softball team and how they found success again with their focus on culture. Y’all, this article is OUTSTANDING and comprehensive. It is truly fantastic. I won’t share it all because you should read it immediately, but here’s some of my favorite parts:
LeBlanc wrote about what ended up bringing Larissa Anderson to Mizzou (an interesting star-crossed story involving Mizzou effectively ending Hoffstra’s season), and how she worked to change the Tigers’ culture immediately upon her arrival. Anderson’s new motto: Own it. What does that mean?
Every member of the team accepts responsibility for their own mistakes, and every member of the team, together, accepts responsibility for the team’s successes and failures.