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Could it also be a possibility that the overall quality of "average" teams is increasing rather than the quality of a few programs' players being down? Perhaps some combination of the two? I've just noticed that whenever a previously dominant team is not as dominant, people always ask what's wrong with that team rather than whether there's something right with their opponents.



Spot on!


Spot on^2

In the past, it only took one or two dominant players to make a domanant team. Now the skill level delta between players has shrunk.
The good players are still good (probable better), but your current "average" player is a lot better than the "average" player of a few years ago.

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