Beard suggested that playoff-caliber teams with superstar players normally get the benefit of most calls.

During this time he was one of the game's most exciting players and a very visible superstar player.

"There is an incredibly small group of superstar players who can play defense into their late 30's," Steinberg said in a telephone interview.

When your superstar player shows up an hour before practice to lift weights, it forces you to look at yourself in the mirror.

A superstar player would most likely have signed the agreement faster than a multimillion-dollar contract.

One is that they say superstar players will help you win more than anything else.

"What you have is a superstar player coming off a major injury," Epstein said.

"But if we brought in a motivational coach and a superstar player a few years ago, they wouldn't have had this type of impact."

"You just don't get a chance to get these superstar players and have them be on your team in this day and age."

To me, that is not a superstar player - it's simply a pretty good player.