A season ago, Rivers took a group of role players, made them believe they could win under his system and came within an eyelash of making the playoffs.
He has built and governed teams by assembling a group of role players to support a big star or two and giving attention to what they need and what they can do.
A change started taking shape when, as part of an EU-UNICEF project, the local health centre assembled a group of role models to lead nutrition support groups for mothers.
While trying to retool and stay competitive, he is constrained by both the salary cap and by a group of expensive role players no one else wants.
A panel of predominantly national beat writers voted for Rivers apparently because of his ability to guide a group of decent role players -- unanimously picked in the preseason to finish in the Atlantic Division basement -- within a missed 3-pointer of a playoff berth.
When it comes to storytelling, there is no Web drama I've seen as good as "The Guild," a full-service sitcom about a group of online role-playing gamers thrust into real-world social relationships.
Operating on the TOMS Shoes model--for each backpack bought, a backpack is donated to a child in need -- STATE Bags was born out of a desire to help provide children in need with healthy snacks, school supplies, a reliable carry-all, and a group of positive role models.
Last year, researchers found that a group of a hundred and twenty-seven role players exhibited above-average levels of empathy, and a Brazilian study from 2013 showed that role-playing classes were an extremely effective way to teach cellular biology to medical undergraduates.
The strain's longevity seemed connected with a group of genes whose role was to shut down other genes.
"When a group of your biggest role models gives you a bunch of money, that motivates you to do really well," Mr. Johnson said.
