This whole fear thing is basically the same thing that GT hears during the football season. People dont respect a team game, they looking for that one player they can point at and say "Ok our challenge is to stop him, if we can do that we can win". Its why they fear a team with LeBron, Durant, Dirk, etc.....because that one guy is a bytch to contain. People just assume that a squad that has to win by playing as a team is easier to beat because all they have to do is play smart, and everyone thinks their team is capable of playing smart and disciplined.
Every week GT opponents say "The option is easy to stop, all we have to do is play assignment football" then next thing they know its 400 yards rushing on the board.