Ringoblack
The issue , according to those who have analysed it, is that too often the US team players are high maintenance and too divisive which prevents the Captain from making certain player pairings and to the detriment of the team. Egos and personalities get in the way of what is best for the team. Meanwhile, the Euro squad appears to be one big happy family and every pair sent out looks like two best friends with a unified goal. The best example historically has been Tiger....in the past he would only play with and could only ever be matched up with a certain few. His RC cup record when paired up is abysmal and having to coddle him deterred from the US success, IMO. Tiger has only ever been on 1 winning RC team in what 8 tries and i think that one was a final day comeback victory by the US. going into RC we see all thie pre analysis with the US squad about who will and should be paired up together but much less so for the Euro team. Its like the US cant pair certain players together because it simply wont work , but it doesnt matter who the Euros pair up. No egos on the Euro side , maybe Rory a bit, but all the me in them is put aside for the week and its WE.
As for Reed, good for him to speak up, much like Phil did when Watson kis managed matters. sure it will cause those who already dislike him to have more ammo to do that, but when a team that was described as the best and strongest RC team to EVER be assembled on either side is so soundly beaten , i mean they were destroyed.....there is something terribly wrong inside that room and we are seeing glimpses of that with koepka nd DJ having gotten into a very thatening and heated argument to be pulled apart from each other. Dysfunctional is too kind a word to describe the US team.