IMO, more foolish as Weagles had nothing to play for - unlike earlier in the season when both teams had plenty to play for.
Interesting. I would content that a claim of "we had nothing to play for" was an excuse, whereas an observation that "the Crows focussed on body building and strength and so were too heavy and slow and lacked fitness" was an admission of a bad strategy. To my mind to offer an excuse is more foolish than to admit an error in strategy. To each his own I suppose.