the players should just play for pride is so naive it's embarrassing. The players want to compete for championships even if it's just the MWC. Indy offers no realistic goal other than getting a participation trophy for making a bowl game. It is so obvious that this hurts the program. IOW, 6 wins is the standard because it ACTUALLY means something. No other concrete goal exists and that's the issue at hand when we're talking about human motivation techniques.