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It was discussed in the context of how baseball managers impact game outcomes, concluding that the effect of managers is generally small, but that a figurehead is needed.
What we found when we look at managers is that while some might be slightly better than the others, it's not a big difference between one manager to the next in terms of the decisions that they make.
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It was discussed in the context of how baseball managers impact game outcomes, concluding that the effect of managers is generally small, but that a figurehead is needed.
What we found when we look at managers is that while some might be slightly better than the others, it's not a big difference between one manager to the next in terms of the decisions that they make.
So it's like you kind of need dad in the house.
And the president, if you think about the control that a president might have over the economy for instance, just one area, the president is just a third of our government and we have the legislative and executive branches.