A common theme in sports is how a player and a team handle adversity and rightly so.

Veteran CFL offensive lineman Chris Burns — my former co-host on B.C. Lions broadcasts — would always point out that clichés survive for a reason and that’s because they’re true.

So we ask your forgiveness if I throw out the old ‘adversity reveals character’ adage.

Yet not much is said about how teams handle success. Do they rest on their laurels and admire their success or do they continue to try and improve? Most people will tell you that part of becoming a professional athlete is learning how to deal with both failure and success.

So as the Lions head into Calgary for Friday night’s showdown with the Stampeders, it will be interesting to see how this team performs after a 38-27 win at home last week

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