“Brown or Ruiz? Wood or Spence? What does it matter, they all suck!” No, no they don’t. Some of the players in question are downright mediocre. Thing is, players can be set up for more or less success and a manager’s job is to maximize odds of success and minimize chance of failure.
And let’s be honest. If I’m on the Titanic and the captain doesn’t appear to understand the difference between a left turn and an iceberg, I still want my deck chair to be set up for the nicest view of what might be my look at land.