[PayneTrain]

A few things.

Some of you seem to like planning around failure. Don't do that. You doom yourself to failure

Get a solid feel for the game. Run simulations. There are always things you think you know about the game until you see it played out. Try to create an environment similar to the game either in a computer or real, tactile setting. Your understanding of field size, travel time, defensive abilities vs offense capabilities, volume of game pieces in play... they are not things found in a rule book, but are just as important to consider.

Play devil's advocate. Challenge the status quo with convincing evidence. This is not the time to draw lines in the sand and box yourself in.