January 24, 201016 yr I was wondering? Do the Cats need to lose a game? Or would them going undefeated be a good thing? I hear people all the time on ESPN saying how the need to lose a game. Myself, I think going undefeated would be fine. I was JW what you guys thought.
January 24, 201016 yr If you can go undefeated, there is no reason to lose... But typically, the pressure becomes too much for a team and losing is actually a relief. They need to stay loose, I don't want them to feel too much pressure to win every game.
January 24, 201016 yr I don't. Why learn how to lose? The last thing any team needs is a benchmark on how to lose a game. Keep winning. Losing helps nothing, imo.
January 24, 201016 yr I never believed in this philosophy and still don't. If they lose their next game, there is still just as much pressure to win every one after that. Part of playing collegiate sports.
January 24, 201016 yr They might be just young enough to win them all because they don't know any better. I remember the '72 Dolphins and Csonka later saying, "We were all so young, we didn't know you HAD to lose at least a game in the NFL so it didn't seem such a big deal then as it does now."
January 25, 201016 yr No it's just an excuse when teams lose in the tourney if they were previously undefeated. I think the NCAA tourney is a different animal, once you're in throw the records out. If UK continues to win they will have just as much pressure in either scenario IMO.
January 25, 201016 yr They won't lose until the first round of the NCAA Tourney.... Good gosh. Talk about a BGP Meltdown. :lol:
January 25, 201016 yr No it's just an excuse when teams lose in the tourney if they were previously undefeated. I think the NCAA tourney is a different animal, once you're in throw the records out. If UK continues to win they will have just as much pressure in either scenario IMO. :thumb: Regardless of their record, when the tourney starts, they will experience a pressure they have ever felt before. Not to mention, they are UK players that are now #1, so they will begin to feel the pressure to win every game now, regardless.
January 25, 201016 yr Texas needed to lose a game and experience a good loss. And we see how that snowballed.
January 25, 201016 yr Texas needed to lose a game and experience a good loss. And we see how that snowballed. :thumb: Yep, it taught them how to lose.
January 25, 201016 yr For teams who are undefeated and start showboating and start playing with no fundamentals or being careless, then yes I believe a loss brings them back down to Earth. BUT, for teams who constantly are in the game for the whole 40 minutes and are hustling, playing defense and showing passion and strong emotion then I see no reason for them to HAVE TO experience a loss. That is one of the dumbest things I've heard of, "A team needs to lose and not go undefeated". That is ridiculous.
January 25, 201016 yr The Cats don't need to lose,they can do something really special this season by going 40-0.So why do you need to lose a game just by taking some presure off,theres always going be presure playing for Kentucky no matter what.
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