Commitment and Planning
Despite the best efforts of The True Guru, one cannot extrapolate from three weeks to the entire season. Water will always seek its own level, cream will rise to the top and the Fantasy Baseball Search will drop to fourth place. Though Todd suggests that the Generals rethink their strategy, this ignores both commitment and planning.
Perhaps the most famous story about commitment is the story of Hernan Cortes. Cortes was charged with taking over Mexico with a band of a few thousand soldiers facing up against the millions of Aztecs. His men were naturally scared to fight, and wanted to merely steal some riches and then go back to Spain.
Charged with his duty and fully committed to conquest of Mexico, Cortes had to devise a way to focus his soldiers on the overall goal. So, he deliberately dug holes in all of his ships but one, which all sank. Then his men had a choice they could take the last ship home or stay and fight. Of course when put on the spot they all stayed, and Cortes eventually succeeded despite overwhelming odds.
Cortes was willing to risk everything out of absolute commitment to his plan. If he was willing to do that then certainly the fantasy owner can have some patience and be committed to their plan. Commitment to a plan is to be commended and is an absolute necessity if you want to win or at least avoid the pratfalls that can come with early season jitters.
The full article addressing this is below:
http://www.fantasybaseballgenerals.com/2008/04/commitment-and-planning.html
Perhaps the most famous story about commitment is the story of Hernan Cortes. Cortes was charged with taking over Mexico with a band of a few thousand soldiers facing up against the millions of Aztecs. His men were naturally scared to fight, and wanted to merely steal some riches and then go back to Spain.
Charged with his duty and fully committed to conquest of Mexico, Cortes had to devise a way to focus his soldiers on the overall goal. So, he deliberately dug holes in all of his ships but one, which all sank. Then his men had a choice they could take the last ship home or stay and fight. Of course when put on the spot they all stayed, and Cortes eventually succeeded despite overwhelming odds.
Cortes was willing to risk everything out of absolute commitment to his plan. If he was willing to do that then certainly the fantasy owner can have some patience and be committed to their plan. Commitment to a plan is to be commended and is an absolute necessity if you want to win or at least avoid the pratfalls that can come with early season jitters.
The full article addressing this is below:
http://www.fantasybaseballgenerals.com/2008/04/commitment-and-planning.html
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