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Old 04-16-2008, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698
The fact that it didn't work means it was poor management. They went from the possible Derby favorite after the Rebel, to not even making it maybe a few weeks later. It was very poor management.
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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698
The plans changed because they changed them, plain and simple. They absolutely babied him. I don't expect a moron like yourself to comprehend it, but they did. And in the business world, a good try that doesn't work is also known as a failure. There is no reward for a good try. Success is what matters.
You seem to equate failure with a bad idea. It's as if the world of probability doesn't exist. It's like saying every horse that doesn't win the Derby is the victim of poor choices made along the way.

A good try that doesn't work may be known as a failure in the business world, but it's not necessarily scorned by successful investors or successful gamblers. The outcome is secondary to whether the logic was sound. If I'm confident the logic was sound, I'll do the exact same thing next time a similar situation comes around.

I understand you think that the logic was highly UNsound in the handling of Denis of Cork. But offering the outcome as proof that the plan was bad is faulty thinking, IMO.

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