Re: RD 16 : Blues Slaughter Saints (Rejoicing & Backslapping)
Reply #32 –
I'm not saying lose games on purpose, but if you look at today we had more to get excited about with Johnson playing than we would with Waite or Ellard etc.
When you play young guys, they make errors due to their inexperience and they sure as hell will against all of the teams in the 8 that we play in the run home to the end of the season.
The chances of us winning these matches is very low but if we get some solid game time into the next breed of players its worth it.
no team plays to loose games on purpose, these days. Playing young players towards seasons end when finals are gone is no different to teams deciding at a particular stage in their development to offload star senior players in exchange for draft picks. If teams were strictly compelled to value winning immediate games in lieu of ongoing development then you could argue that trading star players at seasons end is a form of tanking. It simply part of the games current setup.