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[QUOTE="CardiacCuse, post: 5538439, member: 6979"]
margin of victory is more nuanced than that. maybe a coach only values winning and doesnt consider trying to win by a lot...or maybe he doesnt [I]know how[/I] to win by a lot. maybe his coaching is adequate enough to get just enough out of a superior roster to barely beat inferior teams but that talent is also good enough to hang with much better teams ...maybe he came up in an era when W-L was all that mattered. its been the same pattern both of reds seasons thus far, I hope he has gotten this aspect sorted bc it has become ridiculously important. judah mintz squad got blown out a lot...and hung on for a bunch of nailbiters too (despite being a decently talented team, imo)

usually this is spot on...but oftentimes theres a team that can beat most teams but just cant beat top 10 squads...especially maybe early on before they figure things out. its just odd to have elite q1 and q4 and not much in-between. hopefully youre right that even if they lose but stay close they will get credit for that...i think to really have a great season, though, they need to win some of those early marquee matchups...but even if they dont, it doesnt mean they couldnt be very very good by the end of the year.
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