09-10-2014, 12:36 PM
"Deflating Shaw's overall coaching accomplishments by saying he has superior personnel ignores the fact that he plays the principal role in acquiring and developing that personnel in the first place."
I do not think this is true. I think that evaluating Shaw exclusively for his recruiting and athlete development prowess would overly narrow one's understanding of his capabilities as a coach. I, for one, do not think that acknowledging how much our baseline quality of athletes has improved should deflate his overall accomplishments at all. It also, OTOH, does not immunize him from scrutiny.
I do not think this is true. I think that evaluating Shaw exclusively for his recruiting and athlete development prowess would overly narrow one's understanding of his capabilities as a coach. I, for one, do not think that acknowledging how much our baseline quality of athletes has improved should deflate his overall accomplishments at all. It also, OTOH, does not immunize him from scrutiny.
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Mark Twain