A successful sports team should hire the best No, this can't work at e.g. the NFL. There is a $155 million per year hard salary cap. There are 53 players which

A successful sports team should hire the best No, this can't work at e.g. the NFL. There is a $155 million per year hard salary cap. There are 53 players which much be paid under this cap. Which means the average salary is just under $3 million. One of "the best" quarterbacks gets paid $20 million."The best" at various other key positions such as left tackle and defensive end and at cornerback can easily get paid $10 million each. Even if you forget about special teams, you can't afford to pay 11 offensive players $10 million each plus 11 defensive players $10 million each. Which means that you pay a few superstars at $10 million or more, some more good players $5 million, a bunch of OK players $3 million, and a bunch of rookies and scrubs under $1 million each. Nobody can afford to hire the best at everything. I'm sure that's just as true in business as it is in sports.