Quote:I'm not for tanking at all but there were a LOT of people who were saying the wins at the end of the season last year meant something. That we could carry those wins and momentum into next season and be competitive.... how'd that work out?

 

If we had not won those games, the players might very well have checked out mentally, given up on the program, and on the coaching staff, and that would led to an unavoidable change in the coaching staff and the start of yet another rebuild from ground zero, churning the roster again, implementing yet another offensive and defensive scheme, and more pain for the fans, who might have also given up and quit buying tickets, thus forcing a move to another city.  

 

You want to lose all 16 games if it means losing your team?   Oh, but we got Teddy Bridgewater!   Too bad he's playing in LA. 

 

Okay, I exaggerate, but winning does mean something.   It is never truly meaningless or worthless.   At the very least, winning sells tickets. 

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