"If he was better, maybe he would have been the best": Auction Descriptions

[bn2cardz]

Ever since I saw the description in the recent Goodwin Auction for the Mayo's Cut Plug N300 Germany Smith card I wanted to see what people thought of the description but waited out of respect of not outing the auction.

I just laughed when I read this:
"Smith would have been a superstar if he only could have hit. With a career average of .243, teams found room for Smith--his glove saved runs and made him valuable. But if he could have boosted his average to the standards of the day, Smith might be remembered as one of the finest to ever play."

As my flight instructor use to say to us (in good humor) "You would be really good at this if you didn't suck so much"

In reality isn't this true of any person who has played the game that isn't already considered the greatest? If they could just boost their average they would be considered great?