I don't know where best to put this comment so I thought I'd put it in this thread and maybe some people who would be interested in it would see it. [I haven't read the preseason practice thread so I don't know if it should go there.]
I saw an interview on Squawk Box [CNBC] this morning that included a comment about basketball that may be relevant to the success of our team. The person interviewed, Jon Levy, is a behavioral scientist and a best selling author. He just published a new book called "Team Intelligence: How Brilliant Leaders Unlock Collective Genius".
He commented about the state of basketball, mainly pro basketball. He said the the size of a player's salary is usually dependent on how many points they score. This incentivizes players to be selfish and shoot a lot hoping more will go in. He went on to say, however, that the sign of a successful coach is the rate that he increases the number of passes that are made. Thus finding the player who has the best chance to score. The example he used was a coach who increased the amount of passing from 50% to 90%.
So in looking at how successful this year's team will be, one might want to pay attention to the amount of passing we see during games and whether the passing finds the player with the best opportunity to score.
Just a thought.
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