1.   He knew a lot about baseball, and about how to pick great players.

2.   Go forward to good football and pick the players with skill.

3.   Belichick may understand that now, but there is no indication that he knows how to pick players.

4.   Before teams pick their players, they have to pick their philosophy and style.

5.   But the wise play remains choosing Woods when it comes down to picking one player against another.

6.   Dave Blando used to be a financial analyst and a part-time draftnik who was trying to sell a computer program to help National Football League teams pick college players.

7.   He picks his players carefully in terms of who gets what.

8.   He must give his successor room to pick the players and coach the team.

9.   I was so good at picking scores that a coach once begged me to pick his players to lose.

10.   If one player gets picked, they can pull one player back.