[kbelder]

"Crack team" long predates video games and even crack cocaine. I think it is related to the phrase "get cracking", i.e., "get working", but I wasn't able to find a clear etymological line. One possibility is it refers to gunfire, but I wonder if it refers to harvesting, cracking corn, etc.

[mrguyorama]

Oxford claims "Crack Shot" to refer to an expert marksman goes all the way back to 1841.

https://www.oed.com/dictionary/crack-shot_n?tl=true

[defrost]

What if it's actually Craic team though ?

IMHE everybody wants to be on the craic team - they play hard, work hard and go hard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craic