OT - Disagree! (Ooh good a bit of language pedantry). I've noticed that 'dreadful Americansim' creeping in and I'm fighting back! That's the American way to see sports teams as single entities, we see them as collective entities. For example an NFL commentator will say "Pittsburgh has the ball...
Ah! But will they spot the other secret ingredient which was hinted at in the author's first point? Sign good players who know what they're doing. No one EVER tries to do that.