A young patriot head coach named Bill once visited Jimmie Johnson to pick his brain on how he built the Cowboys thru the draft and free agency.
The number 1 thing he looked for intelligence. “Smart players win games. They listen to good coaching. They can function in complex schemes. They make fewer mistakes. They often self-correct their own errors. They stay out of trouble off the field.”
“Sometimes I'd fall in love with the physical traits of a player and talk myself into ignoring the mental ones. It never worked out.
Dumb players, no matter how talented, find a way to bust a coverage or break a protection. They contribute to losing games”
Sound familiar Sabres fans?