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The ‘Blow It Up’ Theory
by Paul on 03/26/09 at 01:10 PM ET
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from Al Strachan at Fox Sports,
How can it possibly be difficult to build a winner in the National Hockey League? All you have to do is listen to the radio in cities where the team is struggling.
In those places, the winning formula is freely distributed by the experts, some professional, some amateur. “Blow it up,” they say. “Go into the tank.”
Basically, it’s the same theory. Management is supposed to get rid of all the talent and not try to win. You can’t throw games, but you could use minor-leaguers and the backup goalie.
The proponents sometimes offer a little preamble about how the local team is going nowhere and has no future if it continues to piddle around in the lower or middle levels of the standings. So the answer is clear: Blow it up.
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