Quote:I always thought it was a myth too. How would you go about telling professional sportsmen they have to throw a load of games?

 

Well, you wouldn't tell them that.  Presumably you'd find guys with lingering injuries and let them rest/sit or IR them.  You'd play bottom roster guys to "get them some play time and see what you've got", etc.  This type of thing happens at the end of bad seasons pretty often, you'd just expand on that.  Though in our case, we're already playing all of the young guys, so nothing really to gain there.

 

That isn't to say that we will try to tank, I don't think that.  But as for "how" you would accomplish it, you'd just tilt the odds against your team by playing your rookies/younger guys/depth more.

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