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<blockquote data-quote="John Crichton" data-source="post: 3214517" data-attributes="member: 4779"><p>So you are just chalking performances on the biggest stages in sports as luck? Why bother even watching sports if you are taking that attitude?</p><p></p><p>It's all about pressure. Sure, any lowly team *can* beat the best team in the league and it happens but it has been happening way before the salary cap era. But in the postseason, that's when players tend to get a bit tighter. A regular season game that means nothing more than a win/loss vs being eliminated from your season is a big deal. Greatness is measured by the postseason. It is not the only measuring stick but it's where to start. Some great players never get the chance on the big stage and so we only have their regular seasons to go on. But when they get their chance to play in the big one, they need to come through.</p><p></p><p>Putting a bad/good performance on "luck" is silly and negates results either way. There is a reason why there are winners and losers and has much more do with results than simple timing and luck.</p><p></p><p>Both were good enough to lose to Jordan. Take from that what you will. They were excellent in the regular season and during the early rounds of season 2 of the NBA (aka - when the playoffs start). Not so much in the semis & finals.</p><p></p><p>When has Hoffman come through in a big game on a big stage? He got destroyed in the World Series he was in. He knows how to close games in the regular season but he's not good when it really counts.</p><p></p><p>He built the program and is an excellent coach. The championship cemented his status. Until that point he was a coach who couldn't win the big one.</p><p></p><p>Championships are the equalizer when comparing contemporaries in the same sport/position. It's really that simple. It's all about winning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Crichton, post: 3214517, member: 4779"] So you are just chalking performances on the biggest stages in sports as luck? Why bother even watching sports if you are taking that attitude? It's all about pressure. Sure, any lowly team *can* beat the best team in the league and it happens but it has been happening way before the salary cap era. But in the postseason, that's when players tend to get a bit tighter. A regular season game that means nothing more than a win/loss vs being eliminated from your season is a big deal. Greatness is measured by the postseason. It is not the only measuring stick but it's where to start. Some great players never get the chance on the big stage and so we only have their regular seasons to go on. But when they get their chance to play in the big one, they need to come through. Putting a bad/good performance on "luck" is silly and negates results either way. There is a reason why there are winners and losers and has much more do with results than simple timing and luck. Both were good enough to lose to Jordan. Take from that what you will. They were excellent in the regular season and during the early rounds of season 2 of the NBA (aka - when the playoffs start). Not so much in the semis & finals. When has Hoffman come through in a big game on a big stage? He got destroyed in the World Series he was in. He knows how to close games in the regular season but he's not good when it really counts. He built the program and is an excellent coach. The championship cemented his status. Until that point he was a coach who couldn't win the big one. Championships are the equalizer when comparing contemporaries in the same sport/position. It's really that simple. It's all about winning. [/QUOTE]
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