He has done that too often because Mourning has never been a comfortable post player, never a center at all, in the classic back-to-the-basket mold.
Brilliant to see another, eh, comfortable player making the grade.
A comfortable partnership of player and instrument (or orchestra and hall, for that matter) leads to better results than reflexively reaching for the most celebrated or expensive violin.
Muti's regime in Chicago has had bumpy moments — the conductor missed part of his first season, because of health problems, and the opening of the current season was interrupted by a brief orchestral strike — but he appears to have established a comfortable relationship with the players.
That's an outlook to keep a player at a comfortable distance from the Top Ten.
Though the World Golf Rankings list Tiger Woods as the No. 1-ranked player by a comfortable margin, his hiatus has thrust Mickelson out of his former spot as golf's No. 2 and into the role of leading man, the de facto No. 1.
There is free Wi-Fi throughout, and all rooms have TVs and DVD players, while a comfortable lounge area has books, board games and DVDs.
As it turned out, he and his players maintain a comfortable rapport, and if you are going to spend an afternoon hearing repertory staples, you could do far worse than to spend it with this ensemble.
Their need to quickly build up an Internet audio line puts Sunnyvale, Calif.-based S3, which shipped the first MP3 portable player 18 months ago, in a comfortable position.
Building an organization where a player feels comfortable talking about such topics is the best way to help promote a healthy environment, and one that is conducive to winning.
