I try to politely bow out of conversations once they get into semantics. There's very little point in spending mental bandwidth on these issues. But it struck me as very odd that you've just marshaled together evidence for your position, and all of it reads like a synopsis of message-board chat. This reads like a weird set of avatars. Who is "we"?
I couldn't care less about fans' reactions.
There are, of course, poorly run teams. But I feel totally safe in the assumption that there's not a single front office that thinks that intentionally losing games is something that works in isolation. Intentionally losing is always embedded in a team development strategy that spans seasons, contract lengths, etc. They may not get lucky enough or execute their plans effectively, but that's not the point. The point is the intention.
In your post above the quoted one, you say " 'Talent acquisition, talent retention, and team building' are what every team tries to do. There's nothing exclusive to tanking about these." The non-exclusivity of these actions is precisely my point.
You're a good poster. Thanks for writing good content. It's ok that we're on different pages here.
