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Old 09-14-2024, 10:30 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by HRBaker View Post
I honestly think most of this scenario is due to teams improving themselves as the season progresses. If your one of the teams that doesn't, then your going to be less effective near the end.

In seasons where I earned a lot of PPs, I would improve my team as much as possible near the end in order to try and influence the playoffs.
I absolutely agree that teams try to improve during the week. That improvement often does indeed affect the late season. But not always.

It does not explain the other half of the September puzzle. That is the team that really sucks early in the week and does nothing to improve. Then he or she wins 20+ games on Saturday and storms into the playoffs as a wildcard often winning the WS on Sunday to boot.

I have been in both scenarios many times through the years of PT. It is a 2 way street. I will continue believing that it is an adjustment to teams that the RNG's impacted too far early. This is why I say that we just have to deal with it.
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