Even if you take for granted that what you’re pointing out—leadership ability—is the main driver of success above and beyond all other factors in baseball management, and that the correct choice of manager is one selected for this trait to the negligence of all others, I don’t really understand why you’d even expect the Mets to succeed regularly in doing this. Are professional baseball teams really that good at identifying leadership ability as you’re implying?
Even if you take for granted that what you’re pointing out—leadership ability—is the main driver of success above and beyond all other factors in baseball management, and that the correct choice of manager is one selected for this trait to the negligence of all others, I don’t really understand why you’d even expect the Mets to succeed regularly in doing this. Are professional baseball teams really that good at identifying leadership ability as you’re implying?