Post#322 » by winforlose » Sat Mar 19, 2022 2:44 am
The play in addresses that weird tweener space for teams that don’t quite make the 8 seed but also didn’t tank and aren’t going to get good lotto odds. Personally I favor lotto penalties for tanking and rewards for not resting your good players down the stretch for playoff teams. The play in is a great idea because it gives more incentive for the playoff teams to fight for the top 6 and gives teams who may have been injured or started badly (or started well and fell apart in the middle,) the chance to fight for an 8 seed. I mean honestly, would these games we talked about tonight have serious significance if not for the play in? We would be comfortable trying to stay in 7 to face the Griz and the last stretch would mostly be meaningless. Instead we are fighting as hard as we can for the 6 and every game matters. It is more than a money grab, it brings life back into the end of the season. I am all for it.
P.S, we were good enough to get 7 and if the worst happens and we are stuck in 7 then we should be good enough to beat 8 or failing that beat the winner of 9 and 10. Two home games with playoff stakes for a team good enough to get near the playoffs but not good enough to get in. It might bite us one year, maybe even this year, but the trade off is worth it because it elevates the game and forces us to be better.
