__Couples' laid-back style is seen as the reason behind the U.S. team's recent successes in the Presidents Cup, and while it's clear he has a talent for keeping players relaxed, that gift seemed to backfire on him in 2012. Diaz quotes multiple sources saying that Assistant Captain Couples was consistently late or absent from team meetings. It was compounded on Sunday, when Love wanted to send Couples onto the course only for Couples to not answer his cellphone or walkie-talkie. "There was the feeling Couples let the team down," Diaz writes.