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<blockquote data-quote="Deep Purple" data-source="post: 2993846" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>Nope, that wasn't my argument. I said that for every dumb mistake that costs you a run by being aggressive on the base paths, I think our aggressiveness puts men in scoring position that otherwise might not be there and produces more runs than it costs.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Again, you misrepresent my argument. Nobody argued for hope or for casting all reason to the winds as a game plan. The game plan is playing the odds. And if the odds are that aggressiveness scores more runs than it costs. that's simply smart baseball. It's playing to win instead of playing to not lose.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Exactly. Again, if being aggressive produces more runs than it costs, then that <strong><em>is</em></strong> playing the odds of calculated risk and it <strong><em>is</em></strong> smart baseball.</p><p></p><p>I realize that the 58 years of combined coaching experience Schlossnagle and Mosiello have are nothing compared to the expertise of our armchair coaches, but even a blind hog roots up an acorn... well, you know. (I kid, I kid...)</p><p></p><p>All kidding aside, I think this is simply a case of some on this board having a different philosophical approach to baseball than the TCU coaches have. Many of the critics here are simply risk-averse, while Schloss/Mosiello believe their calculated-risk approach, while occasionally costing us, produces more than it costs.</p><p></p><p>And it's hard to argue with that. I mean, look at our record. Can you honestly say the Frogs are underperforming or that calculated risk is costing us games?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I believe you, but if you want to avoid dumb baseball completely, you'll have to quit watching it altogether. Dumb mistakes happen almost every day in almost every game -- especially at the college level.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deep Purple, post: 2993846, member: 17"] Nope, that wasn't my argument. I said that for every dumb mistake that costs you a run by being aggressive on the base paths, I think our aggressiveness puts men in scoring position that otherwise might not be there and produces more runs than it costs. Again, you misrepresent my argument. Nobody argued for hope or for casting all reason to the winds as a game plan. The game plan is playing the odds. And if the odds are that aggressiveness scores more runs than it costs. that's simply smart baseball. It's playing to win instead of playing to not lose. Exactly. Again, if being aggressive produces more runs than it costs, then that [B][I]is[/I][/B] playing the odds of calculated risk and it [B][I]is[/I][/B] smart baseball. I realize that the 58 years of combined coaching experience Schlossnagle and Mosiello have are nothing compared to the expertise of our armchair coaches, but even a blind hog roots up an acorn... well, you know. (I kid, I kid...) All kidding aside, I think this is simply a case of some on this board having a different philosophical approach to baseball than the TCU coaches have. Many of the critics here are simply risk-averse, while Schloss/Mosiello believe their calculated-risk approach, while occasionally costing us, produces more than it costs. And it's hard to argue with that. I mean, look at our record. Can you honestly say the Frogs are underperforming or that calculated risk is costing us games? I believe you, but if you want to avoid dumb baseball completely, you'll have to quit watching it altogether. Dumb mistakes happen almost every day in almost every game -- especially at the college level. [/QUOTE]
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Which team did TCU defeat in the College Football Playoffs?
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