Tag Window Open - Bates Tagged

[Whatever]

(02-25-2022, 07:22 PM)ochocincos Wrote: He didn't though.
He said that the contract situation distracted him.
The term "tank" implies intentionally dropping performance.
He didn't intentionally do it, he just lost focus because of the contract situation, and it affected his play.

If a movie, stock, etc., "tanked" it doesn't mean it failed deliberately, just that it failed.  I think people are getting hung up on a word that can be used a variety of different ways simply because it's been a buzzword with Flores recently in a different context.  I don't think Bates intentionally tried to sabotage the team, but he played poorly and did not put forth his efforts by his own admission.