(04-20-2021, 08:27 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(04-19-2021, 08:18 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: Draft position is nice but you play to win the game.  Tanking for a guy you can get in the late first is just losing mentality imo.  A generational type talent when there is a couple games left and you can get him in a 1 win season is when you should want to lose a game to get that generational talent, which is rare.

what the fart? please cite any example in the history of all sports of a team being accused of tanking for the tenth or twentieth pick of a draft.

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(04-20-2021, 05:09 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: Yes, but just to be clear, "tanking" means losing on purpose.  Although, the last 2 games last season, I wanted the team to lose, I have never been in favor of losing on purpose.  

In that way, I am on the side of the anti tankers.  Even though I wanted them to lose, I would never want players and coaches to lose on purpose.  Therefore, I am an anti tanker, and I have no argument with them.  

I wanted the team to lose, but I did not want them to tank.  Capisci?

Exactly. If a team truly wanted to tank, they would be bringing guys off the street to take the field. There is a difference between incompetent roster building/management and intentional attempts to lose.