(S26) - PT 2 - You Sit on a Throne of Lies

[SchwarzNarr]

Within the first week of the season, one thing is clear: Berlin is performing far worse than they should be on paper. Something in Berlin isn’t working. While it seems on paper that they should be a competitive team, they’re relatively young, (with Asher Quinn being their oldest player, and the only one in regression), they have a good spread of TPE throughout their player base, and their weakest spot is probably due to the fact that they are corner heavy with their defensive backs and their one safety is IA. They actually have an active team that should age well together, with only 2 total IA players, but it still begs the question: why aren’t they able to finish games. They aren’t that far behind New York in terms of defensive TPE (and yet have allowed 70 more points), and are actually ahead in offensive TPE, so why can’t they win a game? Many people simming early put a lot on Berlin to win it all, and it seems that they might genuinely be an all or nothing team. In fact throughout the first week, multiple season sims showed Berlin either coming out on top, or on bottom. There was no middle ground. Is it bad luck? The wrong strats? An unfortunate schedule? What is causing this team to begin the season 0-4. It isn’t as though they’ve been blown out of games, and in fact, they were able to win three of their four preseason games? Is it just a big “heck you” from the Sim? Cos it certainly feels like it's a big "heck you" from the Sim. They're the chosen ones for the unlucky streak this season.