Imagine for a moment that you're tasked with designing a high school basketball program from scratch. Your primary objective is to create an environment that will prepare your players for success in college basketball. This includes getting them noticed, i.e. recruited, but also giving them the best chance to succeed once they get on campus [...]
This isn't about who had the best career. This is about the best players, period. We won't punish anyone because of their weak competition, but if newer players have the advantage of humans getting bigger and faster and better over time, then too bad for the old guys. This is basically a giant pickup game [...]
After trading up to take Jahvid Best with the 30th pick in the 2010 NFL Draft, then-Lions head coach Jim Schwartz remarked, "Some people watch adult videos on their computer... I go to YouTube and watch Jahvid Best highlight clips. Thats what gets me going." Schwartz is a weird dude with no friends, but you get the point: Best is a special [...]
