is Billie Bean a Genius?

He is absolutely a genius. He was a player at one point in his life and he gets what it is like as a major league baseball player. He has experienced that talent and the hardships that come with it. But, Billie Bean does not brag about it, rather he takes the tools that he has learned from the league and applied it to running an organization. For instance, he takes players in the draft who were unlike himself, prospects with good numbers, but may not have as much god-given talent. They have proved themselves and Billie sees that. His realization that players, especially college players who have excelled in their environment make better prospects, helps the A's develop a much better farm system. The A's do not have that much money, therefore most of Billie Beans job is getting a good draft, because that cannot trade for good players, they have to draft them while they are cheap. If Billie is able to draft great players, then he is doing his job well. Billie is a winner