clownskull

yeh, i have argued this stuff with others on other sites and it really seems to go nowhere as most arguments seem to. there are those who were bummed out about not making the playoffs and stuff but, it would have been just a total waste of time. they would have been slaughtered by the celts in 4 boring games. the pro-playoff folks kept harping about things like the whole "just getting in is very important because playoff experience is very important" i think that stuff is just a bunch of b.s.
i am totally convinced that it would only have shown just how badly over matched we were. when one team is so much inferior than the other- neither team learns anything. i heard things like how reggie learned what it takes to be great by all those consecutive 1st round playoff losses early in his career. i counter that by saying no, he didn't, all he really learned was that his team didn't have enough talent around him to do anything more than be 1st round fodder.
boston didn't even make the playoffs last year and this year they are going to the ecf's at the very least. playoff experience is overrated as far as i am concerned. you got to have the squad or you will simply be just spinning your wheels.
i hate the idea of tanking but, really- how else are we going to get better or even have the chance if not in the draft? we have no real room in the salary dept. to get quality free agents and have some big contracts that don't draw interest from other teams. we are stuck between a rock and a hard place for now.