That's just the thing:
Ford isn't a potential elite player. He IS an elite player.
When he's healthy.
And therein lies the rub. At least with me. An employee that shows up on time every day and never misses work, even though he only can get done 80% of what I want, is worth more than the guy that does 100% when he's there but calls in sick once a week.
In 5 days, they both produce the same amount of work but on that 6th day, when 500 extra customers show up unexpectedly, only one of them can be depended on to show up.
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