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Re:To get good, go after the metagame by ErikAugust on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @03:09PM (#22416898)
I think this is true in professional ball sports in sort of the inverse. Once you reach the highest level, then the focus is once again on defense. Defense wins championships.
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Re:To get good, go after the metagame by ksdale on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @03:17PM (#22416978)
I played a lot of American football growing up and so heard the quote "Defense wins championships" very regularly and I always disagreed.

Teams lose games all the time while holding the other team to a very low score, but almost no one ever loses if they put up 50 points.

But then again, I played offense...

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Re:To get good, go after the metagame by gowld on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @08:54PM (#22419581)
Teams also win all to time while a low score and lose if they allow 50pts.
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Re:To get good, go after the metagame by ksdale on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @03:26PM (#22426944)
It's easy to score 1 or 2 touchdowns on accident, even against the best defense in the league. No one scores 50 points on accident, especially against solid opponents.
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