Mariner wrote:El Turco wrote:Mariner wrote:Your question is not relevant in studying the past.
If a young team loses in the SB you obviously build on that and hope to improve the year later with optimism.
But here’s the important part.
When examining a SB loss years ago that didn’t lead to future SBs then those SB losses become useless.
Answer my question now
Does the Panthers SB loss give them any sort of bragging rights?
In 2018 you dont know if it is going to lead to a super bowl or not, you can only go on with what you'd achieved by that time. But at least you accept progress is valuable even if the year does not end with a super bowl, took you awhile but welcome to rationality.
I am sure Panthers fans enjoyed watching their team more than Jaguars or whoever was the Cowboys of that time. Nobody brags or celebrates losing in the super bowl, that's just you fighting with wind mills.
My argument has not changed.
The context was evaluating the past.In that regard SB losses are irrelevant.
Your scenario had no relevance given the context of comparing the past.
I am not saying anything about the past, I am just testing the "year without a super bowl win is worthless" hypothesis. But your reluctance in answering speak volumes.