why do Philadelphia sports teams never lie up to the expectations given to them?
469341
Because Philly stinks. Yeah, I said it.
1082717
Hey Awesome Bill! I'm a huge Flyers fan and I'm so annoyed year in and year out how they try to sell us on "Golly, these boys are so big when they start hitting the other team, they'll wear 'em down" etc etc etc. They ALWAYS say that, and what happens? The other team skates past them. You can't hit what you can't catch! I think you've got it rather close to the mark - they've got that Broad Street Bullies mentality even though hockey has moved on long ago. \n\nPlus, they pay so much, it's like there's no heart. The Flyers don't just exit each season, they do the Wle E. Coyote thing - they fall down, get run over by a steamroller, then a 1000 pound weight drops on 'em. I'm from Philly - all we ask is GO DOWN SWINGING!!!! Instead, The Flyers just roll over and die - no heart. Didn't they lose their last game this year like 6-0???? ARGH!\n\nGood question. Thanks for the excuse to vent. \n\nHopefully the 'Canes win tonight for Brind'Amour.
774678
They non-secretly keep hiring the wrong front office personnel.\nSome day they will hire someone with a clue .... but it won't be any day soon.
976634
Yes. They are performing above expectations. They have a tissue soft schedule the rest of the way. However they will only be 6th seed. They won't go far in the postseason either. Now if they were in the N.F.C. though?.
545776
Why do they continue to live a lie?... THE MAVERICKS RULE!!!!!!
655274
They need to play defense really good till they sweat their body offf. They need to pass the ball around team work" play as a team and win as CHAMPIONS. They need to get their shots out there. No matter what they will win .......horrraaayyyy\n\nLaker FAN FOR LIFE always will be #1
388451
I think they have a better record.  It is a screwy way NBA does things.  they put a team that won their division ahead of somebody with better record but didn't win division but when they play, the team with the best record is home.
138382
They haven't earned it frankly.  They went through one of the easiest regular season schedules, beat a Redskins team that couldn't play offense and beat a Carolina team relying on their 4th RB.  They haven't really proved anything.
671167
Often because they have too many egos on one team. An average team can do a lot better if they have team chemistry then if they have a lot of overpaid players who can't work together.
961068
The stuff in the bracket was not in the original quote or source that they are writing about, but the writer of the story had to add it in to make sense to the reader.\n\nExample:\n\nThe coach said, "The [New York] team played very poorly".\n\nIf the writer just put "The team played very poorly", that would be what the coach actually said, but the reader wouldn't know what team he was talking about.
731485
No they dont! There are some pretty bad teams in the NFL. The Lions for one. Redskins may not be as good as the hype was for this season, but ease up. There not horrible. As for the comment below me, everyone in the DC area is minor?! What the heck are you talking about? Have you heard of the Wizards or DC United?! Orioles and Nationals may not be good but there popular and well known.
1131470
I don't believe that all sports are rigged, especially not NCAA. But it has become appearent over the past 5-10 years that Professional athletes in particular are simply getting paid too much money and it's gone to their heads. They have lost the love for the game.  They don't care to play hard and play good defense or win a championships because they are still gonna get their $25 million at the end of the season regardless. Beyond that, in the NBA especially, it seems that there are basically no rules, whatever happened to fouls or traveling?  It's just street ball, which to me says that at this point it's just for entertainment and players and owners are playing into that, they just give the people what they think they want to see; exciting close games, exaggerated rivalries, and amazing shots, dunks, and passes, not real basketball.
1114788
It seems to be the same old story with Spain.They always have a good team but just seem to always lack self belief for some reason.
643485
well the past few years, they have not had the talent to kick butt in the NL and make a move at the world series. This season there is tremendous promise from a talented core of young dynamite hitters and they do have enough pitching to make a run at it. Two teams will stand in their way- the st louis cardinals and the ny mets, both have talent pool respectively to setback the phillies. the phillies likely will get the wild card and very well could make the world series. if pujols and the rest of the cardinals hitters forget to show up again in the NL championship series again this year, then the phils are good enough to supplant them from the top. only time will tell but your team is exciting to watch- pat burrell and aaron rowand are two great players and the team is loaded with talent (they are abit young but hey they have a shot)\nDEFINATELY A SHOT BUT I WOULD RANK THEM THIRD BEST IN NL UP TO THIS POINT BEHIND STL AND NYM
1155750
Yeah if you want to look at stats alone but weird things happen in baseball.I remember last year the Royals swept the Yankees and the Royals had a horrible team.That's why so many people get frustrated with the Yankees.People think they should win every single game with a pay roll like that, and they probably should.I also think that a lot of good teams are too relaxed when a bad team comes into town and then they loose.Sorry...I keep going on and on but its just that I am a Royals fan and even though they are bad I have seen them beat some of the best teams.I guess that's just how baseball works.
1087929
part of playing sports is the macho aspect of it. So when team A makes the guarantee of a win, team B who is just as macho and competitive as team a is, takes that as a challenge. No body , No team wants their manhood challenged and by guaranteeing a victory, team A has said "we are better than you" and the only thing team A has truly guaranteed is more effort from team B to prove them wrong..........................
1045414
It will have to be the Phillies.  It is all about money, and if they do not make the moves and go for it, they will lose more than games.  I wish the owners would sell their shares to Donald Trump.  The Eagles make money just being competititive.  The flyers same.  The Sixers are years off and maybe many more.  But in baseball, a smart GM can do it overnight.