(07-29-2018 10:28 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Wins is what is important. I don’t care about cultured losers. But my statement was incomplete. I want wins, without crossing the ethical and legal lines that could bring us probation. If we false start 5 times in the first three plays, and win, I am happier than if we come out looking sharp and lose. If they repeat that 13 Times, I am delirious with joy.

The logical fallacy is that the team with 5 false starts in the first 3 plays is far more likely to lose than win, and the team that sustains sharpness throughout the game is far more likely to win. I've said that what I want to see is subjective improvement--looking sharp and well-organized. If that happens, I will accept whatever the results. But I think those results would be positive.

Of course I assume you are talking about the entire game. If we came out and had 5 false starts in the first 3 plays, but played crisp and sharp and well-organized the rest of the way, that is probably more likely to produce a win than looking sharp and aggressive at the start but quickly regressing to what we have seen in the last few years.

I get your point, but teams that make as many errors in the first few plays as we did in Sydney last year tend to end up with scoreboards that look like that one did.