Russell Wilson was a good quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks from 2012 to 2021 and then a terrible quarterback for the Denver Broncos in 2022 and 2023 and now he’s a good quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Why was Russell good in some circumstances and terrible in other circumstances? Because his skills are a great fit for some situations and a terrible fit for other situations.
Herschel Walker was a superstar for the Georgia Bulldogs between 1980 and 1982 and for the Dallas Cowboys in 1988. Aside from those seasons, he was average. Herschel was great in certain situations for a certain time, and not so great aside from that.
Sometimes the team makes the man just as a man can make a team.
In 1989, Herschel was traded to the Minnesota Vikings where he was nothing special. Scout.com said, “Walker was never used properly by the coaching brain trust.”
In 2022, he proved to be a terrible politician when he ran in Georgia for the U.S. Senate.
After Joe Biden began his journey into senility in 2017, he was only going to become president under limited circumstances such as Covid that allowed him to largely stay home during the campaign.
Donald Trump would never have beaten Joe Biden in the 2016 campaign, but Trump was lucky enough to run against a poor politician, Hillary Clinton. In 2024, Trump was lucky enough to run against another poor politician, Kamala Harris
