Topgrading

Last night on Monday Night Football there was a segment showing how #1 draft picks had worked out.  You know what their performance has been — generally very disappointing.  I’ve heard that teams recruit largely on the basis of films colleges send, and the interviewing process is more selling than vetting “candidates.” 

Too bad — my hunch is that a very thorough Topgrading interview, digging into the young man’s course work, high and low points in high school, high and low points in college, influential people, and details of every part time or summer job …. would produce more predictive insights into how the person will actually function.  It would have been illuminating, for example, to learn that Michael Vick was involved in dog fighting.  It’s just a thought …