Sports Psychology: The Next Hinkie Innovation
The parallels between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Philadelphia Eagles can be scary at times. The innovations are most often discussed in terms of personnel transactions, but covers a wide swath of sunrise to sunset issues that impact fans, players, coaches, and team long term planning for the future. But nowhere do the parallels run as similar and yet so different as in the field of Sports Psychology.
I promise not to dabble in the language of academia, but this is a topic that will be somewhat involved, so I will try to break it down.