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Here I go sticking my two cents in, but...


Sweet...that is a generalization that may hold true the majority of the time, but is far from universally true. Where someone trained/played is not the single determining factor of talent level, and talent level is not the single determining factor in where someone decides to train and play. To judge a player's ability solely on the basis of the opportunities his/her situation has afforded would be to overlook an individual's ablilty to achieve under any circumstances.

Bottom line--a good resume is simply a documentation of evidence of a player's ability, for those who have those opportunities...but you don't necessarily have to look good on paper to look good on the field. You said it yourself, even with an oversimplistic use of the = sign...exposure. Just because the ODP players get seen and therefore picked more often, that doesn't make them the best. It just makes them the most visible.



Coach Chass, you need to be bumped up from 3 stars to 4! I know this is an opinion, but your comments on several threads have been spot on. Keep up the nice work and great input.