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]]> By: Aaron http://iotae.net/2006/02/13/flag-football/#comment-45 Aaron Tue, 14 Feb 2006 07:56:47 +0000 http://iotae.net/2006/02/13/flag-football/#comment-45 Interesting. I had not realized that we were so cursed. I guess people have to put that out of their defeatism behind them to get invested in the game. Anyway, didn't we win the WNBA right after I got here (which I am sure inspires less fanfare than losing the Superbowl)? That reminds me of the part in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=iotaenet-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0393324818%2526tag=iotaenet-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0393324818%25253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82" title="View product details at Amazon" rel="nofollow">Moneyball</a> where Michael Lewis writes about how the A's have an extremely scientific approach to a baseball season, where they know what kind of a game they need to play to statistically win enough games to get into the playoffs. However, this approach doesn't extend into the post-season well, because there you do not want a team that can win a high proportion of a large number of games, but rather you want to be able to pull out talent to win specific games. Interesting. I had not realized that we were so cursed. I guess people have to put that out of their defeatism behind them to get invested in the game. Anyway, didn’t we win the WNBA right after I got here (which I am sure inspires less fanfare than losing the Superbowl)?

That reminds me of the part in Moneyball where Michael Lewis writes about how the A’s have an extremely scientific approach to a baseball season, where they know what kind of a game they need to play to statistically win enough games to get into the playoffs. However, this approach doesn’t extend into the post-season well, because there you do not want a team that can win a high proportion of a large number of games, but rather you want to be able to pull out talent to win specific games.

]]> By: joshlee http://iotae.net/2006/02/13/flag-football/#comment-44 joshlee Tue, 14 Feb 2006 05:57:29 +0000 http://iotae.net/2006/02/13/flag-football/#comment-44 I'm not a football fan either, but I wasn't really surprised when the Seahawks lost. Not because the Steelers were a better team or because the refs were biased or whatever (I actually watched the Super Bowl, but had no real understanding of what was happening on the field), but because sports teams from the Northwest have an irritating habit of being very good until it actually matters (cf. the early-90s Blazers, the mid-90s Sonics, and the early-00s Mariners). I am surprised to hear how hard folks up there are taking it, though. I thought people would have learned not to get their hopes up by now. I’m not a football fan either, but I wasn’t really surprised when the Seahawks lost. Not because the Steelers were a better team or because the refs were biased or whatever (I actually watched the Super Bowl, but had no real understanding of what was happening on the field), but because sports teams from the Northwest have an irritating habit of being very good until it actually matters (cf. the early-90s Blazers, the mid-90s Sonics, and the early-00s Mariners).

I am surprised to hear how hard folks up there are taking it, though. I thought people would have learned not to get their hopes up by now.

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