In which I ask, “What does Dom Dwyer have to do to get recognition among the League’s best strikers?”
All-Star snub lists are a tradition in every sport, even though they often ignore the realities of the task. Caleb Porter couldn’t pick every player whose had a good season, and since there’s an actual game to play, he has to have some reasonable positional distribution. Add in the Fan XI and Don Garber’s picks (which technically, he can exclude from the squad) and there were since significant restraints on the second-year boss.
So before criticizing his choices, let’s lay some ground rules – guidelines that will keep this from descending into a bland list of every player that’s performed above some imaginary threshold:
1. You have to be better than somebody who was chosen, preferably at your exact position. Having a good year doesn’t justify an All-Star spot, nor does a case that doesn’t acknowledge the competition at the position.
2. You can’t be a “snub” just because you’re better than a player who was
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