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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 433059" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">Here’s a recap of our interaction the last couple of pages: You posted it 'boils down to the defense'. Not in response to you in particular but certainly including you, I posted how the playoff teams finished the regular season and noted it’s difficult to argue defense wins championships because the team that was TWENTY FIFTH in scoring defense just beat the team that finished the regular season FIFTEETH for the title. I ended that post with, “</span><span style="color: #141414">Perhaps another more narrow saying now applies. How about, '<em>Playing good defense in the playoffs is important'</em> ?” </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #141414"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">You responded with “offense might get you there but <strong>Defense Still Wins Championships</strong>”. I made the point that the teams with the best defenses didn’t win a championship. Just to be clear, I posted that and the other stats to show that “defense wins championships” certainly did not apply to this season. IMO you contradicted yourself by posting a team needs a “modicum of defense” and if a team is single faceted they fail. Seriously do you not see the obvious contradiction between these two ideas? ‘<em>A modicum of defense still wins championships</em>.’?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #141414"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">As far as my tone, I agree it was over the top. But so was yours – “I guess you are saying we don’t need a defense. That’s laughable.” Nowhere did I suggest that, I just challenged your bolded statement. At the very least “defense wins championships” implies defense is more important than offense. IMO it's a stronger statement than that. <em>Why are you so reluctant to address what that phrase means? </em></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 433059, member: 4300"] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]Here’s a recap of our interaction the last couple of pages: You posted it 'boils down to the defense'. Not in response to you in particular but certainly including you, I posted how the playoff teams finished the regular season and noted it’s difficult to argue defense wins championships because the team that was TWENTY FIFTH in scoring defense just beat the team that finished the regular season FIFTEETH for the title. I ended that post with, “[/COLOR][COLOR=#141414]Perhaps another more narrow saying now applies. How about, '[I]Playing good defense in the playoffs is important'[/I] ?” [/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Tahoma]You responded with “offense might get you there but [B]Defense Still Wins Championships[/B]”. I made the point that the teams with the best defenses didn’t win a championship. Just to be clear, I posted that and the other stats to show that “defense wins championships” certainly did not apply to this season. IMO you contradicted yourself by posting a team needs a “modicum of defense” and if a team is single faceted they fail. Seriously do you not see the obvious contradiction between these two ideas? ‘[I]A modicum of defense still wins championships[/I].’?[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Tahoma]As far as my tone, I agree it was over the top. But so was yours – “I guess you are saying we don’t need a defense. That’s laughable.” Nowhere did I suggest that, I just challenged your bolded statement. At the very least “defense wins championships” implies defense is more important than offense. IMO it's a stronger statement than that. [I]Why are you so reluctant to address what that phrase means? [/I][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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