For fifth title, Bryant sought counseling of unknown expert

[the_fat_man]

That's not the point. The point is that the best player in the world 'deferred' to someone who he accepts as being better than he in a particular area; i.e., the analysis of tape. This is also the case in all the other major sports. This is NOT the case in racing, where trainers and jockeys think they know more about races than anybody else --- even those who watch a lot of tape. Clearly, jocks aren't doing this because they keep repeating the same stupid errors. Which begs the other question: what exactly are the jock agents doing? In the other sports, agents pretty much 'insist' that their guys work towards getting better. This can involve any number of areas. In racing, the jock is THE expert, answering, pretty much with very few exceptions, to no one. The whole system sucks.

Moreover, clearly his "team" (the coaches) wasn't exactly stellar in getting him free from the BOSTON defense either.