Forte is not perfect, although that was open for debate until a couple of recent performances at Clemson and Virginia. Good luck, however, convincing the ACC opponents against whom Forte has imposed his considerable will. They have numerous stories to tell, like soldiers returned from the front. Maybe the best Forte moment this season came in Winston-Salem, where the Tar Heels needed a late run to overcome Wake Forest. A walk in the park, Forte calls it.
People have tough problems.
Hitting a big shot is nothing in the big scheme of things. It's the rare athlete, or person for that matter, who always believes he can succeed in the most critical situations. Morgan Wootten, the coach at DeMatha High School in Hyattsville, Md., has seen many of those type of players come under his tutelage during his 50-plus years of coaching. There was Adrian Dantley, Sydney Lowe. The list goes on.