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There are definitely differences — beyond the sport they play — between the 2017 Stampeders and the Warriors that bounced back to win this year’s NBA championship.

Marquay McDaniel was quick to point out that, unlike the Warriors, the Stampeders didn’t go out and add a former most-valuable player to their roster the way Golden State did with Kevin Durant. Anyone who follows McDaniel on Twitter will know what he thinks of that.

But the way the Warriors responded to the adversity of losing on one of sport’s biggest stages can serve as a template for what the Stamps need to do this season. The Warriors didn’t try to reinvent who they were as a team. They stuck to what they did well — three-pointers and all-time-great ball movement — and maintained a singular focus on correcting the mistakes that cost them the title a year ago.

“They just had to do what it takes to get it out of the way and finish it up,” said Brandon Smith, a Bay-Area native who admitted he’d be enjoying the festivities if he was back home.

“You can’t let it get to ‘we’ll win the next one, we’ll win the next one.’ You need to win the one right in front of you.”

By beating the Cavaliers in the final, the Warriors were finally able to put questions about the lingering impact of their loss last year to bed. The Stampeders know they’ll be facing questions about how the loss affected them up until the point when they win a Grey Cup, and there’s nothing they can do about that until November.