tacticians

(As a side note, I often wonder how baseball managers get to be known as tacticians for moving players around the infield or putting a right handed pitcher against a left-handed batter, but football coaches are not thought of as tacticians in the same way, when they actually call specific plays designed to exploit the opponent's weakness.) "

Booker Rising 2010

They were tripping over generals, senior staff officers, strategists, and tacticians, along with representatives of rival intelligence apparatuses, all of whom had their own elaborate schemes and agendas.

A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

This is broader than the Rand/Conway race, but what, exactly, is the evidence for the widespread Democratic belief that Republicans are ruthlessly effective tacticians while they are wilting violets?

Dissents: Jack Conway's Aqua-Buddha ad Ezra Klein 2010

Republicans, who had leveraged their control of one-half of one branch of government into the dominant position in this crisis, likely will end up not with a long-term solution devised by the leaders of the House, where they are in charge, but by a short-term one cooked up by the tacticians over in the Senate, where Democrats are in charge.

Hope Fades for Much Good to Come From Deficit Fight Gerald F. Seib 2011

They were tripping over generals, senior staff officers, strategists, and tacticians, along with representatives of rival intelligence apparatuses, all of whom had their own elaborate schemes and agendas.

A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

Every new governor has a long list of battles that he'd like to wage, but the smart tacticians only pick the ones that are worth fighting and that they can win—and still have enough allies to continue the war.

How Bad Art Killed Good Labor Reforms Allysia Finley 2011

Native Americans were thoughtful strategists, shrewd tacticians, and resilient warriors.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

But Gaddis quickly added: There is irony here, because this most secretive of tacticians was surprisingly open about his strategy.

Jim Sleeper: Henry Kissinger's Grand Strategy Takes a New Turn at Yale Jim Sleeper 2011

Plains Indians were sophisticated tacticians who normally emphasized three military attributes: speed, stealth, and surprise.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

Bernard LaFayette and other SCLC tacticians, along with Bayard Rustin of the A.

Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011