Interesting that Fox commentary seemed to focus before and throughout the game on how young the Sharks team were and how inexperienced.
Yes, they had 5 players who had played less than 10 games going into last night (we only had 3) but they also had 6 players with over 150 games (we only had 3 again). Both teams had 3 players who have not turned 21 yet and they had 4 players who have had their 30th birthday, compared to our 2 only.
Made me so some quick research.
Average age of Eels players last night = 25
Average age of Sharks players last night = 26
Average # of games for Eels players before last night = 92
Average # of games for Sharks players before last night = 95
So, in reality although only a small difference, we actually had a younger squad, with less experience but I guess that didn't fit the narrative.