Whether it is true or not, it is a dumb excuse made up by fans who whine and complain. If it is a scheduled loss then don’t play the starters and play the waterboys instead.

Personally, I don’t mind going .500 on B2Bs. Every team has to do them, but they’re tough for everyone. They’re sort of like long road trips: if you can go .500 on them, then that’s considered a success. I think we have 8 more B2Bs left, so if we go 8-8 that’s fine with me. After all, it’s a long season and we can make those up in other parts of the schedule. Like we have yet to play the worst of the East and we have many more games with the worst of the West.