Because losing affects your life how???? Are you suicidal??? Seek help then.Exactly. I don't understand this "it's kids playing a game"
This is a big business (always has been) and the objective is to win titles.
Is the world going to end if we go 9-3 and miss the playoff? Of course not.
Is that an acceptable season if it happens? Of course not.
People need to stop downplaying the importance of winning and contending.