Records and Evaluation of a Team.

JKool · 01-05-2004, 10:19 AM

As long as we're stirring things up...

I suppose, I don't agree with Parcells on this one: "you are what you're record says you are." I stole this idea from another thread (Gator posted the quote), since I think it worthy of some discussion.

Do you guys think this is true? A team is only as good as the record it finishes with?

I'm a bit on the busy and somewhat on the lazy side, but I bet we can find some great teams of the past that have put up lousy single season records.

However, isn't the fact that a team with a worse season record can beat a team with a better record (even in the Super Bowl) a good sign that teams can be better (or worse) than their record? I'd think it was. What that shows is that a team's record is in fact NOT a good representation of how good a team is. Especially when, due to injuries and whatnot, a "team" isn't even the same group of players from week to week.

01-05-2004, 10:19 AM	#1
JKool 1000 Posts + Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 2,423	Records and Evaluation of a Team. As long as we're stirring things up... I suppose, I don't agree with Parcells on this one: "you are what you're record says you are." I stole this idea from another thread (Gator posted the quote), since I think it worthy of some discussion. Do you guys think this is true? A team is only as good as the record it finishes with? I'm a bit on the busy and somewhat on the lazy side, but I bet we can find some great teams of the past that have put up lousy single season records. However, isn't the fact that a team with a worse season record can beat a team with a better record (even in the Super Bowl) a good sign that teams can be better (or worse) than their record? I'd think it was. What that shows is that a team's record is in fact NOT a good representation of how good a team is. Especially when, due to injuries and whatnot, a "team" isn't even the same group of players from week to week.