Seen it all before. In practice, this doesn't work. You end up way too dependent on a superstar who is bound to burn out, and will take the whole team down with

Seen it all before. In practice, this doesn't work. You end up way too dependent on a superstar who is bound to burn out, and will take the whole team down with him. That kind of thinking is along the lines of "just always pass Michael Jordan the ball". But that's not how healthy teams function. And it wasn't how Phil Jackson managed his team. And you can credit John Carmack all you want. But his peak was when he worked alongside John Romero. Even Carmack himself has stated this. And Michael Abrash taught him the theory of how to do 3D rendering properly. There is no "I" in "team".