[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

As already mentioned the NHL is a bad comparable because there really isn't a sport where one position wins it by himself quite like hockey. Even the NBA, where you need a superstar to win, one superstar can't do it by himself (see: LeBron). And yeah I'm not factoring in adjustments, as you are likely not factoring in depth. England are deeper than France right now, and yeah some of that is because of injuries...but injuries are part of the randomness of a short tournament, with single elimination.

In the end suggesting one game elimination isn't more random and has more luck involved than extended series, a whole season, or whatever, is simply wrong. It's why randomness and luck in an extended period almost always balances out. But in one game? No time to balance out.

And yeah, England always find ways to lose, there is obviously something to that. Like the Browns, like the Lions, like Spurs, like the Flames and everyone else who always finds a way to lose.

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