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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Don't wear too many hats, do you?
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https://jhanhky.substack.com/p/how-to-ruin-a-player
Do you secretly work for the Oilers in player development and can’t help repping the same narrative with all prospects?
Of course he has warts as a player. He didn’t make the team out of camp. So let’s evaluate and focus on all of his flaws or potential flaws. Let’s not focus on what he’s good at. Let’s all be Brian Sutter and see if Martin St. Louis can be a grinder on the 4th line.
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Smart teams:
Leverage a player’s Signature Skills (high frequency, high success) to build confidence (player to self) & trust (player to coach)
Expand a player’s comfort zone by uncovering underutilised assets (low frequency, high sucess actions)
Use the developmental momentum to Address a player’s high-frequency weaknesses
Aggressively Ignore a player’s low-frequency weaknesses (like DZ coverage for a winger) and chalk it up as a cost of doing business with that uniquely talented player
Dumb teams:
Fixate on weaknesses at the expense of leveraging strengths
Spend valuable time & energy attempting to influence low-frequency, low-value skills
Double down on poor process by accusing the player of being uncooperative
Strip down the player’s unique identity, then sell him/her at a discount
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