Yeah, if it seems like guys who were mediocre or worse players tend to make good coaches then a guy who had a legendarily bad stretch of baseball might just be a [expletive] genius. Hell, Neifi might be some kind of coaching mastermind. I'm like 70% sure you're being sincere here, so I'm going to tentatively disagree. I think Counsell benefited from playing in an era that over-valued grit and grass stains and his prodigious lack of talent was over-looked. He also played under some impressively pathetic managers who enabled his slappy bat, poor baserunning and noodle arm to stay in baseball eons longer than he deserved. I think it's that, and nothing more.