Does anyone really play their weaker players when serious about winning the game?
It’s a nice sentiment. But if victory is at stake, rare (probably non-existent) is the coach who decides to extend an opportunity for challenge to anyone other than their best.
But how do your weaker players become stronger players when they get no game time?
Experience is a vital and irreplaceable form of training.
So do you risk the game on building a stronger future? Do you even have a future if you don’t build your weaker players?
But will you have a future if you don’t play to win now? What if the game ends early because you bet on the future and lost in the present?
I don’t know that there’s a definitive answer to these questions.
And that’s the point. The conundrum. The choice every leader faces. The risk every leader must take. Does take. Takes whether he or she knows it or not.
What are you doing to develop your weaker players? Is it worth it? How do you decide how much of the present game to risk on the future game?
How do you deal with this leader’s conundrum?
On your side,
– Karl
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