Real-Life Decision Making
Because your hockey team placed last in the league last year,
you are entitled to the top pick in the upcoming entry draft. Sounds good,
right? Well, there's one problem. As the chief scout, you have the final
word on who is presented to the general manager as the "best bet."
That seems easy enough, except that the three other scouts have settled
on Cyril Cope. Personally, you have nothing against this. Cope is awesome!
In 71 games this past season, he scored 101 goals and set up 194 others for
an average of more than four points per game.
Seeded in the number 15 spot by the central scouting committee is Paul
Pretty. He's not the dynamic force that Cope is. Actually, in 74 games,
he scored only 38 goals and 50 assists.
Yet you want Pretty as your team's top pick in the upcoming draft.
Why? Because Pretty is a leader. He doesn't care as much for scoring
goals as he cares about playing the defensive game. He checks like a fiend.
He skates as fast as the wind. He has taken the King Prize for defensive excellence
all three years he was in the juniors.
Pretty is leadership material. Your problem? Well, the media will roast
you for even suggesting that Pretty go before Cope. Pretty is not a pretty
player like Cope, but he is effective.
What do you do?