Disagree... culture starts first... winning is a result... played on too many different teams in different sports... probably my best example was a club soccer team played on in High School.. We were decent, really got along, but didnt have any superstars and would get intimidated by either bigger teams or teams with a couple of skilled players. So we would often get down in the first half early in the season til because we played team defense and offense and we were not selfish just inexperienced something would click in the second half... we enjoyed playing together and we would just put our heads down and go to work. We didnt win all the games we came back in but as the season went on we started better and won most of our games toward end of the season.
Why? Because we basically said screw it, lets work... play together and see what happens... I had speed played wing and though not greatly skilled could chase down any ball in the corner and cross it to my forwards or center halfs. This was our bail out defensive play and was effective switching the field. Bottom line is we found what worked for us and just hustled... The best teams in that league hated playing us because they had to play the whole game and knew they were in for a fight... that is what I want to see out of the Sabres.