Not to be mistaken with HHOF Pat Burns, let's consider Monty Burns and the Miracle 1992 Springfield Nuclear Power Plant softball team and the job he did getting them that ring:
- used his own money and recruitment tactics to bring in some of the best players in the sport
- subsequently lost his entire team except Daryl Strawberry prior to the start of championship game. Team still went on to win, evidence of his ability to build elite depth.
- enforced a working culture, per example of Don Mattingly's sideburns
- unorthodox, out of the box thinking and strategy (picture above)
- went with the analytics and made the gutsy call to pinch hit Homer Simpson for Daryl Strawberry, despite Strawberry hitting a homerun in every AB of the game. Simpson got the winning RBI.
- knows how to win big games. Springfield beat arch rival Shelbyville, even with his own money on the line.