By Ed Piper
There's more to be said on an athlete fitting into a team system. (See previous post.) Just because an athlete's individual skills are utilized or not doesn't mean the coach should or will change the system.
The coach and the management decides what system they think will succeed for that organization. So, if L.T. is utilized less as a running back, though he's a stellar talent, c'est la vie. That's the way it goes.
But where this consideration of how to maximize an individual team member's abilities comes in is if the system can be changed. The coach might very well wanted to employ one of his or her athletes more to make his team more powerful, more effective--more successful.
Then, by tweaking things--or by a complete overhaul, as happened when James Harden was given the ball in Houston last year and he ran to the riches--or Russell Westbrooks was given the keys to the Escalade in Oklahoma City when LeBron James left and took his game to triple-double heaven--the particular performer's skills can be unleashed.
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