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richig07
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I'll start with my biggest pet peeve by a mile and use it in a way that used to drive me crazy with my own team as an example.
For instance, in the unwatchable post-Lovie/Trestman era of 2013 and 2014 when the Bears went 8-8 and 5-11. You would hear this in every broadcast.
"You know, people talk about how the Bears have fallen off. But look at this, when the Bears hand the ball off to Matt Forte 20+ times over the past two seasons they're (insert really good record here) and when they hand it to him less than that? They're (insert really bad record here)!!! Also, look at how many carries had under Lovie Smith in 2010 through 2012!!! And what do you know? They were 10 games over .500 during that time. Amazing! Hand the ball off to Matt Forte! It's not that hard!"
Oh my gosh, you mean to tell me that when you're losing in the 2nd half of football games (often by multiple scores during that time) that you don't run the ball near as much as when you are winning!? Weird! That's like... so weird. I wonder why that could be happening. Hmm... It's almost like when you're losing in the 4th quarter that there's a REASON you have to pass. Crazy that all of these teams are doing that.
I swear, you see this stat every week with one team or another. "When they win, they run a lot and when they lose? They don't run a lot. This clearly = run more and we should not examine any other possible reasons as to why we've been saying this about football teams for decades."
I'll take "conflating correlation with causation" for 500, Alex. Holy shit. When will they figure this out?
For instance, in the unwatchable post-Lovie/Trestman era of 2013 and 2014 when the Bears went 8-8 and 5-11. You would hear this in every broadcast.
"You know, people talk about how the Bears have fallen off. But look at this, when the Bears hand the ball off to Matt Forte 20+ times over the past two seasons they're (insert really good record here) and when they hand it to him less than that? They're (insert really bad record here)!!! Also, look at how many carries had under Lovie Smith in 2010 through 2012!!! And what do you know? They were 10 games over .500 during that time. Amazing! Hand the ball off to Matt Forte! It's not that hard!"
Oh my gosh, you mean to tell me that when you're losing in the 2nd half of football games (often by multiple scores during that time) that you don't run the ball near as much as when you are winning!? Weird! That's like... so weird. I wonder why that could be happening. Hmm... It's almost like when you're losing in the 4th quarter that there's a REASON you have to pass. Crazy that all of these teams are doing that.
I swear, you see this stat every week with one team or another. "When they win, they run a lot and when they lose? They don't run a lot. This clearly = run more and we should not examine any other possible reasons as to why we've been saying this about football teams for decades."
I'll take "conflating correlation with causation" for 500, Alex. Holy shit. When will they figure this out?