I think the Undisputable number one candidate for not being able to translate virility from the pre to the regular season has got to be @Boomcheck. Every off season around about time to negotiate a new contract, preferably 10x10, Carter II explodes out of the blocks and makes a case for being one of the big horse meats in the league. Inevitably though once the regular season that hardness that personified his pre season starts to fade and performances start to droop. His desire to pump the opposition wanes and the quest to put a DAR NOM in the belly of his trophy cabinet just sort of dribbles out at the end leaving nothing but a sense of embrassment and dissatisfaction for everyone involved.