08-09-2022, 05:45 PM
That’s one where it is hard to tell which came first, the chicken or the egg.
It seems likely that there is a correlation between injuries and outcomes, but to a first approximation I would say that the causal arrow likely flows from injuries to poor outcomes. If the starter is out with an injury, by definition the back-up who now steps out, is likely to be a less capable player (or they would have been the starter). As si flip notes above, if the gap between the starter and backup is small, the costs are low. If, on the hand, you have poor depth because of poor recruiting or lack of development, the loss of players to injury will bite more.
BC
It seems likely that there is a correlation between injuries and outcomes, but to a first approximation I would say that the causal arrow likely flows from injuries to poor outcomes. If the starter is out with an injury, by definition the back-up who now steps out, is likely to be a less capable player (or they would have been the starter). As si flip notes above, if the gap between the starter and backup is small, the costs are low. If, on the hand, you have poor depth because of poor recruiting or lack of development, the loss of players to injury will bite more.
BC