If find striking similarity between the "Who's the #10 " debate and baseball

[Chief Arrowhead]

From the youngest level, you always put your best athlete, the one who has vision and skill, in the #10 role. Similarly, in baseball the best athlete, at youth level, is the shortstop.

It's a no-brainer from a coaching perspective.

So, you get to the highest level and from there you have to adapt because EVERYONE was the wunderkind of their youth team. So pretty much everyone has been the #10, or shortstop.

Other than pitchers and catchers, only 30% of the players at the major league level are playing the position that they played until they reached the bigs. To have a plethora of #10's is not a problem.

[bostonbrian]

Would all be getting in each other's way trying to claim that area of the pitch

[Chief Arrowhead]

"Once you have the ball, you go."

My point is more a matter of who you recruit and who you buy. Do you buy a lesser athlete who can only play 'on the left' or do you buy the best athletes you can and then have one of them play on the left.

Our football is much more specialized now, but it wasn't too long ago where it was common for the best athlete(QB) on a small college team was converted to cornerback or wide receiver in the pros.

In the MLB you see former SS's everywhere. Even the statistically greatest SS (Alex Rodriguez) becane a 3B.

[bostonbrian]

The 2-1 pats come Sunday evening , that is!