Angelo Says, "Hold Your Horses! Don't Sell Off Your Watch Collection Just Yet."

I don't quite miss the Invicta Akula above (which I sold long ago), but Angelo makes some interesting points here:

Wasn't it David Crosby who sang "Love the one you're with?" You guys are in control of wrist time---it doesn't happen by chance. I think even the most pedestrian watch in your collection can be rediscovered with some contrived (read forced) wrist time. Sometimes taking a player out of the line-up gives them a chance to regroup and they come back stronger. But other times, the only way to get the player out of their slump is to keep playing them. In this case----you guys are the team owners and the managers too. You built this watch franchise. To give up on your watches quickly, is to admit terrible errors with player personnel. I believe you have the experience now to recognize good talent. Sure, in previous seasons, you might have signed an Albert Haynesworth and written it off as a bad decision and moved on. But you've now been doing this long enough to sort out the deserving members of your roster from the pretenders. At this point, I think you have good starters and strong benches. That doesn't mean things are static. In any collection, or on any team, changes are made from time to time. But I don't believe for a minute that three watches can do a satisfactory job of replacing a dozen of them. Give me the best offensive lineman in football, the best quarter back, the best running back, the best receiver, the best tight end and the best center. That's six players who are the best in the league at their positions. Now, give me the worst defense in the league----but a full 11 players. I will beat that offense every time. Ditto, the worst offense in the league against 6 great defenders. Sometimes, there is power in numbers/quantity. In a "collection" volume matters. I have a great music collection. I'd hate to just keep my favorite three albums and get rid of the rest.

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Comments

[Angelo]

That Akula might have been your Albert Haynesworth.

[jonnybardo]

Or a skeleton in the closet.