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wozz teaches me that 3-2 has virtually no influence on RB

Even says in the manual: 3-2 Zone: Increased perimeter defense at the expense of interior defense. Slow pace.

Where in there does it say anything about rebounding?

Trust me, 3-2 does not affect rebounding compared to m2m.

Sorry, meant that as a, "duh, it's right there in the manual, how did i miss that".

Gotcha.

Maybe I am trying to split hairs here: I agree along with everyone else that the results outpace the rating. The point I am trying to make is that if we are arguing about whether their OD is good or not, why put any faith in the rating after seeing the results? There are a lot of ways to explain away how the rating might be an underestimate; I can't think of many ways to explain their defensive success without admitting they just probably had better OD than we though they would.

Also I'm sorry if it sounded like I was trying to say we should have seen this coming somehow, I didn't mean anything like that at all. I think you have been doing an incredible job as manager. I was just saying that in hindsight, it's possible to put the pieces together in a way that, to me, somewhat explains how it went down. I just don't agree with the general assertion that, you know, " there is no way to explain what happened here, the GE must have just crapped out."

In the long run we as a NT need to discuss/be able to explain results like these because games like these pop up all over the place in the forums so I think there is more going on here than just random chance. If the results suggest they are putting up more OD than we thought possible/than it appears, we need to figure out why/how we underestimated them. That is all I am trying to say.

This thread has been a fantastic read and I appreciate the discussion. Many of you have given me several things to think about when assessing my opponents and their teams.

Keep up the good work!