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Dave, for there to be a faulty dilemma would require me to see only two alternatives, or to at least portray a situation in which there are only two.  And I have not done that.  Now I have looked at the available evidence and drawn a reasonable conclusion as to what should be done, and what the Theocracy likely is doing and will likely continue to do.  But when you start with a team which would have to catch lightening in a bottle just to be in the running in early July, and the bottle you are working with appears to have gotten smaller.... and been carried inside a well grounded building, if you don't do something to at least carry the bottle back outside and to also get a bottle with a bigger opening, the season is being written off, whether the Theocracy or some fans openly admit it or not.

Writing off a season does not mean a team will turn away wins, will play to lose, or stay home in October if some absurd fluke puts in the playoffs when they really don't belong there.  It simply means not putting any meaningful resources or effort or home in trying to make it happen.