Yes.
As I said, don’t y’all watch the NFL draft?
A candidate’s true ability, talent and “rightness” for the times can’t be fully evaluated by some checklist and a formula for standardized stats.
That process can be helpful, but you’re still going to have a certain number of people who seem to meet all the criteria go bust, while a certain number of people who no one thought had anything going for them turn out to be major, historical, fantastic players.
Smart scouts use the checklist. But they also use their head. And their gut.
I’m starting to think that maybe this “no executive experience” thingie is just another way of saying “not Palin.”
Nothing wrong with that, but it doesn’t really have meaning in evaluating the “not Palin” candidate’s ability or talent to serve.
It would be like writing off a QB because he’s “not Manning” or “not Brady.’ Okay. But that doesn’t say anything about how the QB could contribute to the team (or not).