I found this interesting article on ESPN.com today. It is from interviews with nearly 2 dozen collegiate golf coaches, and discusses the balance between competitiveness and cooperation on their teams.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2598444
After recent discussions here about collegiate fencing, and about the difference between team competitions and individual competitions, I thought this article draws a nice parallel to our discussions, and offers some insights that I bet that many of our collegiate coaches would agree with.
Just food for thought.