And perhaps it is this inability, or disinterest, or compelled 'turn a blind eye' moment that makes teams like CSK in the IPL not smell the coffee. Perhaps it is this thinking (aside from the money and brand valuation corelation) that has a 'well past expiry date' MSD aka thala still 'play', causing some reparable damage (if coaches, owners, management) could see beyond the $$$. I guess it's lines on the grass between unquantifiable 'persona' vs quantifiable and actionable data. No one likes to see champions reduced to 'has beens'. One wants to admire consistency, fluency, adaptability, agility, continuously evolving thinking that keeps champions and champion teams at the top. That fall from the top, from champions 'once upon a time' to ordinariness is unsightly and a bitter pill to swallow. All because some people somewhere continue to flog a dead horse mercilessly. Prem Panicker belaboured this point in his YouTube podcast SportsandPastime with Faisal Shariff as well. While one might argue the same for MI, somehow their ability to unearth new players, take risks with them, seems to speak to a strategy where losses are par for the course in the short term. And perhaps thereby lies a tale for sports league managers and coaches - the Andy Flower and Rahul Dravid kinds vs the rest. Sigh!
Couldn't agree more. Ideally, a team should be objective about performance, especially when it comes to fading heroes. But we instead like to fall prone at their feet :)
And perhaps it is this inability, or disinterest, or compelled 'turn a blind eye' moment that makes teams like CSK in the IPL not smell the coffee. Perhaps it is this thinking (aside from the money and brand valuation corelation) that has a 'well past expiry date' MSD aka thala still 'play', causing some reparable damage (if coaches, owners, management) could see beyond the $$$. I guess it's lines on the grass between unquantifiable 'persona' vs quantifiable and actionable data. No one likes to see champions reduced to 'has beens'. One wants to admire consistency, fluency, adaptability, agility, continuously evolving thinking that keeps champions and champion teams at the top. That fall from the top, from champions 'once upon a time' to ordinariness is unsightly and a bitter pill to swallow. All because some people somewhere continue to flog a dead horse mercilessly. Prem Panicker belaboured this point in his YouTube podcast SportsandPastime with Faisal Shariff as well. While one might argue the same for MI, somehow their ability to unearth new players, take risks with them, seems to speak to a strategy where losses are par for the course in the short term. And perhaps thereby lies a tale for sports league managers and coaches - the Andy Flower and Rahul Dravid kinds vs the rest. Sigh!
Couldn't agree more. Ideally, a team should be objective about performance, especially when it comes to fading heroes. But we instead like to fall prone at their feet :)