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<blockquote data-quote="Boomergump" data-source="post: 229415" data-attributes="member: 639"><p>While I do believe the first game is very important (because it is the next one on the schedule), I challenge the notion that it carries any more weight than that. Predicting the rest of the season outcome based on a single first game is not a process that holds water. Time and time again throughout the history of this sport we love, we have seen teams go either direction after first game wins or losses. In fact, I would say that teams change personality most after game one, than any other game on the schedule. First games give teams the feedback needed to refine their approach and hone their practice regimens etc. It does so in a way that playing yourself in the pre-season can never really do.</p><p></p><p>Players deal with wins and losses very differently than fans do. As fans, we will immediately extrapolate wildly and try to adjust our expectations based on the first outcome. Players will go to the film room, learn from their mistakes, and hit the practice field with a new sense of resolve (if after a loss) or possibly a greater level of confidence (after a win). Generally speaking, the closer you are to the situation, with players being the closest, followed by coaches, the more control you have in the process. The more control you have, the more likely you are to ignore longer term future consequences of the loss and pay attention to process issues in the short term.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boomergump, post: 229415, member: 639"] While I do believe the first game is very important (because it is the next one on the schedule), I challenge the notion that it carries any more weight than that. Predicting the rest of the season outcome based on a single first game is not a process that holds water. Time and time again throughout the history of this sport we love, we have seen teams go either direction after first game wins or losses. In fact, I would say that teams change personality most after game one, than any other game on the schedule. First games give teams the feedback needed to refine their approach and hone their practice regimens etc. It does so in a way that playing yourself in the pre-season can never really do. Players deal with wins and losses very differently than fans do. As fans, we will immediately extrapolate wildly and try to adjust our expectations based on the first outcome. Players will go to the film room, learn from their mistakes, and hit the practice field with a new sense of resolve (if after a loss) or possibly a greater level of confidence (after a win). Generally speaking, the closer you are to the situation, with players being the closest, followed by coaches, the more control you have in the process. The more control you have, the more likely you are to ignore longer term future consequences of the loss and pay attention to process issues in the short term. [/QUOTE]
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