Discussion on Local Sports Radio

[Mr. Scot]

It all depends on the unknown.

 

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[Mr. Scot]

Speaking of local sports radio, kudos to Chris Kroeger for making late afternoons on WFNZ listenable again.

 

Most of us had a "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" type celebration when Marc James announced he was leaving.  And granted, there wasn't much to have to follow,  Nails on a chalkboard, a chorus of crying babies or a rotation of Yoko Ono music all would have been significant improvement over Marc James.  But Kroeger is a legitimately good balance of knowledgeable and entertaining.

 

WFNZ finally did something right.

[MHS831]

And the same is true for almost any team in any given year.

Exactly--which is why we play/watch the games instead of calculating them based on power ratings and other formulas. 

[MHS831]

Borrowing a quote from a philosopher but  luck is the intersection where preparation meets opportunity.  The other component of this statement which may be relative is that sometimes preparation creates opportunity.  I think we capitalized on both of these fronts last season.

 

Of course, nobody is suggesting that teams do not prepare.  Preparation is the equalizer, where luck, or opportunity, is the difference make in so many games.

 

A game is decided by 2-3 big plays--10-15 seconds of the 60 minutes and the fruit of a week of preparation. Many times it is a glitch in preparation that determines the outcome--nobody practices turnovers.  A mental error.  A lapse in judgement.  A bad call.  An injury---luck, in other words, whether it be good or bad, it opportunity for someone.

 

Of course, I am using luck loosely, but every play is designed to score a TD on offense and every defensive call is intended to shut down the offense.  If everyone executes to the best of their abilities, the best football players would win. The good teams may not run as fast or be as strong as a bad team, but they minimize mistakes.  Since mistakes are not planned and cannot be factored into preparation, I call it luck.