12-24-2009, 11:47 AM
<!--quoteo(post=72932:date=Dec 24 2009, 11:36 AM:name=Ace)-->QUOTE (Ace @ Dec 24 2009, 11:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=72925:date=Dec 24 2009, 10:14 AM:name=Ace)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ace @ Dec 24 2009, 10:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I am heading out of town soon, so I need to wrap this up - and I can't be bashing my head in the whole trip, so let me try to phrase this in a way we can all agree, even if we disagree on the particulars.
If you have two teams, and over a long enough period of time (we can debate how long it has to be before it stops being "luck"), Team A has won 10 more games per season (again, we can debate how many games) than Team B, but the two teams have had the same payroll (again, we can debate how close they have to be to be the "same"), that SUGGESTS that Team A has a better front office than Team B.
I cannot fathom anyone disagreeing with this BASIC proposition. We can debate all those little internal things (and I suspect that's what you guys are doing), but the BASIC premise must be true.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This post, and this post only. Agree with it. I need it. Note that "suggests" means "suggests but does not ALONE prove."
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I disagree with the post. I do however think that Boston has the better front office though.
If you have two teams, and over a long enough period of time (we can debate how long it has to be before it stops being "luck"), Team A has won 10 more games per season (again, we can debate how many games) than Team B, but the two teams have had the same payroll (again, we can debate how close they have to be to be the "same"), that SUGGESTS that Team A has a better front office than Team B.
I cannot fathom anyone disagreeing with this BASIC proposition. We can debate all those little internal things (and I suspect that's what you guys are doing), but the BASIC premise must be true.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This post, and this post only. Agree with it. I need it. Note that "suggests" means "suggests but does not ALONE prove."
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I disagree with the post. I do however think that Boston has the better front office though.