Actually, the pyscological understanding of a team sport is foremost in my post. From the article on Reed, comments attributed to Coach Birchwood.

"He's a great player, but some people say he doesn't talk enough. But why talk when your actions, your performance, say enough."

This kind of gets at what was intended to be my point. Make the following substitutions.

They are a great team, but some people say they don't........