Like the world championship football has shown, it’s very important that there is one team who all have the same goal (no pun intended). It takes time before each team member knows what he can expect of the rest and even longer before they work together as a team. If there is any friction in the team during the matches, chances to win are a lot smaller, as France has shown.
When the American army has to do a very difficult mission against the Germans in the second World War they ask Major Reisman to lead a team into this mission. When he hears that this team consists of soldiers that are on death row he’s not too thrilled to do it. Because of previous behaviour he has no choice, has to accept and will have to work with these 12 convicts. Continue reading →