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218937.260 in reply to 218937.257
Date: 6/7/2012 7:30:11 AM
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In my experience, yes.

There might be a small difference, but it's negligible.


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Valid point.

And random other point, didn't that one African manager have like 100M+ at one point?

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218937.261 in reply to 218937.238
Date: 6/7/2012 11:44:33 AM
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Look at (22817). Back in S15, he tanked at the perfect time and made a profit of $25 million by selling his players alone, IIRC. He then came back stronger and promoted 2 seasons in a row to get back to D1. If this isn't someone who tanked well, I don't know what is.

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218937.262 in reply to 218937.258
Date: 6/7/2012 11:52:57 AM
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There's lots of that that makes no sense.
Say you're in the final and have home advantage
you win at home than lose on the road.
Instead of fans anticipating a championship and flooding the place,
your attendance goes down because you lost your previous game on the road.
Where would that actually happen, EVER?

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218937.263 in reply to 218937.261
Date: 6/7/2012 12:00:32 PM
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I think that is a poor example, KDB was a top end team before tanking(arguably the best in US history). And while his team is certainly good now and I'm sure he still has money in reserve he is not where he used to be, and certainly didn't "come back stronger".

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218937.264 in reply to 218937.263
Date: 6/7/2012 12:17:36 PM
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Then there aren't very many good examples for lower tier teams, are there?

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218937.265 in reply to 218937.264
Date: 6/7/2012 12:40:25 PM
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No, my point was that KDB is not better after his tanking than he was before.

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218937.266 in reply to 218937.265
Date: 6/7/2012 1:01:31 PM
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I now retract my argument.

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218937.267 in reply to 218937.263
Date: 6/7/2012 5:24:05 PM
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How do teams get "worse" after tanking for a season or three and saving up millions?

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218937.268 in reply to 218937.262
Date: 6/7/2012 5:25:37 PM
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There's lots of that that makes no sense.
Say you're in the final and have home advantage
you win at home than lose on the road.
Instead of fans anticipating a championship and flooding the place,
your attendance goes down because you lost your previous game on the road.
Where would that actually happen, EVER?

Absolutely.

One way to tank set a team that you win all your away games and lose your home games. Keeps the fans happy, keeps you out of relegation, keeps you in the cup, keeps you making lots of money.

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218937.269 in reply to 218937.267
Date: 6/7/2012 5:35:23 PM
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Well, before he tanked he went to five consecutive NBBA finals(not right before he tanked, like two seasons or something). And now while his team is still very good they aren't on that level.

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