Everyday EvanThe most impressive thing Patriots coach Bill Belichick has done, vis a vis quarterback Tom Brady, is sticking with him in the early days. Brady replaced the injured Drew Bledsoe in 2001 and remained the starter when Bledsoe recovered. Granted, Belichick was covered by Brady going on to win the Super Bowl.But the decision to […]
Practice makes perfect, as the saying goes, but practice isn’t what I thought when I was younger. I believed band practice was a series of smoke breaks, interrupted by a song or two. When I was a kid, I always missed baseball and soccer practice because I thought: what’s the point? Instead, practice is the […]
The season is over. Expectations are dashed. Fans are angry. What’s next? Expectations are a funny thing. What makes a successful season? Does it always have to end in a championship? If that’s the case, almost every outcome is a failure. If a team is a championship contender, it’s likely good enough to make a […]
As I write this, the defending World Series champion Red Sox are 10-15, and in fourth place in the AL East. The Washington Capitals, defending Stanley Cup champions, just got knocked out of the playoffs. Why is it so hard to repeat success? Is it a mindset? The lack of momentum? A deterioration of skills? […]
This is an obvious sentiment, but teams and fans get too caught up in narratives and biases and junk. If you can get a young superstar, you do it. Which is why I’m completely on board with the Celtics getting (maybe?) Kyrie Irving. What is a superstar, exactly? It’s so hard to quantify that multi-billion […]