Hockey question
Tony Kessler
409 Posts
If you had your druthers, which would you rather manage?
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[*]a team of future "Employee Hall of Fame all-stars that, on any given day, can smoke the competition, whether you're making widgets or designing the next breakthrough innovation in your industry;
[*]a team of lower-profile professionals who don't have the superior talent but who stick together, work hard, believe they can excel as a group, and make you proud.
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Yes, I'm talking about last night's Canada vs. USA hockey game. One for the ages. Not quite up there with the Miracle on Ice of 1980 (the current American team is stocked with HNL blue-chippers, too, not college students), but still no one saw this one coming. If the teams played 10 times, Canada might win eight of them. Still, is it harder to manage superior talent? Or are we making too much out of one hockey game?
If there is a rematch, let's hope it's on the main NBC channel so more people will have a chance to see it. tk
[LIST]
[*]a team of future "Employee Hall of Fame all-stars that, on any given day, can smoke the competition, whether you're making widgets or designing the next breakthrough innovation in your industry;
[*]a team of lower-profile professionals who don't have the superior talent but who stick together, work hard, believe they can excel as a group, and make you proud.
[/LIST]
Yes, I'm talking about last night's Canada vs. USA hockey game. One for the ages. Not quite up there with the Miracle on Ice of 1980 (the current American team is stocked with HNL blue-chippers, too, not college students), but still no one saw this one coming. If the teams played 10 times, Canada might win eight of them. Still, is it harder to manage superior talent? Or are we making too much out of one hockey game?
If there is a rematch, let's hope it's on the main NBC channel so more people will have a chance to see it. tk
Comments
One of my fave sportswriters, Joe Posnanski, posted this nice collection of tidbits on his blog (which is consistently incredible, I might add).
[URL]http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2010/02/21/10-things-about-the-miracle-on-ice/[/URL]
Is that the right answer? Do I win anything?