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Originally Posted by Lotus
I don't get this way of thinking at all. It is like hoping that that someone rapes your wife so that you can then earn brownie points by being there to console her.
A fan, by definition, roots for his team to do well.
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GMs have to adopt the attitude though,
if there's a player that will be a game-breaker to be obtained
and the current roster isn't worth preserving. However, rather than ask the coach to tank, they blow up the team so that it can't win that many games. The Caps, while in a different sport, did adopt this strategy.
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Analysis using datasets (aka stats) is an attempt at reverse-engineering a player's "goodness".
Virtuosity remembered, douchebaggery forgotten.
The ideal character profile shoved down modern Western men and women's throats is
Don Juan.
05-01-2011, 01:52 PM
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