01-18-2023, 05:43 PM
You're right, mostly. In looking closer, it looks like the overall place on the scale is a bit higher than I noticed. So at one point they were about 10th and 10th. And they have been 1st/20th and 20th/1st, more or less.
But the chart does look like it's always been a trade-off. When the offense gets better, the defense gets worse, and vice-versa -- and by about the same amount.
I'm guessing that's a personnel thing, and perhaps points to the skill sets of players who are essentially one-way talents. If you play a bunch of offense-only guys, the offense is better and the defense is worse. And the reverse is true as well.
This team really needs two-way talents.
But the chart does look like it's always been a trade-off. When the offense gets better, the defense gets worse, and vice-versa -- and by about the same amount.
I'm guessing that's a personnel thing, and perhaps points to the skill sets of players who are essentially one-way talents. If you play a bunch of offense-only guys, the offense is better and the defense is worse. And the reverse is true as well.
This team really needs two-way talents.