What is it that makes a good team good? Is it their record, talent pool, or coaching? Sometimes teams start off a season in sports by beating several sorry teams. A real sports analyst would analyze who the team actually beat.
It’s bad when people keep pointing out that a team is undefeated through their first five or six games in basketball or football when their schedule indicates that their opponents haven’t won but just a few games.
Having a perfect record only means something when a team plays quality teams. There was a team in 4A football-Ridgeland Titans- who won all ten of their regular season games but dropped their first playoff game.
That confirmed what I already knew. They scheduled sorry non-division games. Every year their division schedule is pathetic and the four teams that make it to the playoff every year from their division get knocked out in the first round.
Not too many people thought the undefeated Titans would beat a struggling Kosciusko Whippets team in the first round. People were right. Kosciusko got a real treat as they made their hour trip to Jackson’s suburbs. A lot of Kosciusko’s fans are MSU alumni, so it didn’t surprise me to hear about all of the MSU Bulldogs merchandise like lawn chairs that was seen on the visitor side, along with all of the Whippets gear.
What is it that makes a good team good? Is it their record, talent pool, or coaching? Sometimes teams start off a season in sports by beating several sorry teams. A real sports analyst would analyze who the team actually beat.
It’s bad when people keep pointing out that a team is undefeated through their first five or six games in basketball or football when their schedule indicates that their opponents haven’t won but just a few games.
Having a perfect record only means something when a team plays quality teams. There was a team in 4A football-Ridgeland Titans- who won all ten of their regular season games but dropped their first playoff game.
That confirmed what I already knew. They scheduled sorry non-division games. Every year their division schedule is pathetic and the four teams that make it to the playoff every year from their division get knocked out in the first round.
Not too many people thought the undefeated Titans would beat a struggling Kosciusko Whippets team in the first round. People were right. Kosciusko got a real treat as they made their hour trip to Jackson’s suburbs. A lot of Kosciusko’s fans are MSU alumni, so it didn’t surprise me to hear about all of the MSU Bulldogs merchandise like lawn chairs that was seen on the visitor side, along with all of the Whippets gear.
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