If there was ever a trophy given to the Buyer who deflected the most incoming phone calls from new vendors and relegated everything to voicemail, it would look a lot like the Heisman Trophy. For the uninitiated, the Heisman is given to the top college football player of the year. It symbolizes greatness and often predicts complete failure in the Pros. But, it’s the hand gesture that the football player is making at the top of the trophy that I think is most appropriate here.

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