Look at it like being a QB, EGO. If you have a bunch of crap recievers, do your TD's and Completion percentation go up or down?
When you tell me someone went from being a degenerate gambler who lost his home pitching nickles, then moves to vegas and connects with the right people to be the most succesful gambler of all time. Well, I would think that is a product of surrounding yourself with talent.
Look at Doc Mercer, would he have all those great articles to post without his favorite writers to cut and paste from :>Grin>