How to Build a Championship Team

Every team wants to win a championship, but each year, only one team gets to win the championship. So if you're a coach, how do you rise above your competition and build a championship team? Here is the obvious answer: it's all about creating the best product on the field. You have to create a team that performs so well game after game, that they make the playoffs, advance to the championship game, and is able to beat the best competition that your league has to offer in the championship game. A more helpful answer comes from asking, "How do you create this product on the field?" This answer comes down to 2 factors: talent and performance. Your product on the field is a product of these two things. Every game between two teams is a match up between these two factors. Here are some bar graphs to demonstrate how these two factors determine the outcome of games. The black bar represents a team's talent, or their potential or ceiling. The red inside th