Derderian describes this latter case as the drinking problem you don't usually hear about. This is the guy who's a suppressed, or depressed, alcoholic. These would have been the guys I remember who were peripheral to the team, who were around, came to a few practices, then drifted away. If such athletes have alert teammates, they may find their way to Harris. Harris also meets with coaches.
Coaches have to look at why that's so.
If it's because they're the big partiers, we have to be ready for the fallout. I put pressure on the captains, and they know it. They're the role models. According to Kuzmeski, explicit directives from her coach were unnecessary. And I never, never thought a player was hampering her performance by drinking.