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'I realized right from the start that with this team, there wasn't a lot of incremental gains to be found,' he added. 'But I felt like the standard at which they think about the game, their commitment to it, and their commitment to excellence and maximizing potential from themselves — within a system that we're creating that's more about like being aggressive — that this was where we could really make the incremental gains. 'And I think that's proved to be the case. Then insert into that the mentality and the commitment, then you're creating a recipe for success.' jadams@ @ NEXT GAME Gold Cup, Group Stage Group B: Canada (0-0) vs. Honduras (0-0) Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., B.C. Place. TV: TSN. Canada's next games • Saturday, June 21: Curaçao vs. Canada, 4 p.m., Shell Energy Stadium, Houston • Tuesday, June 24: Canada vs. El Salvador, 7 p.m., Shell Energy Stadium Read More Vancouver Canucks Sports News Hockey Vancouver Canucks
