Coach: Our team has often been criticized for our enthusiasm in respon

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Coach: Our team has often been criticized for our enthusiasm in response to both our successes and our opponents’ failures. But this behavior is hardly unprofessional, as our critics have claimed. On the contrary, if one looks at the professionals in this sport, one will find that they are even more effusive. Our critics should leave the team alone and let the players enjoy the game.

The coach’s argument is most vulnerable to the charge that it

(A) misleadingly equates enthusiasm with unethical play

(B) misinterprets the critics’ claim that the team is unprofessional

(C) too quickly generalizes from the sport at one level to the sport at a different level

(D) shifts the blame for the team’s behavior to professional players

(E) takes everyone on the team to have performed the actions of a few

zs2 · Answer

Looks like C is correct.

Lil confused with B but went with C finally.

vaibhav101 · Answer

The coach states that critics have criticized his team or team players for behaving unprofessionally. The coach supports his statement by saying that "if one looks at the professionals in this sport, one will find that they are even more effusive". And concludes that because for this reason critics should leave the team alone and let the players enjoy the game.

Clearly, the coach has made an Assumption
He assumes that because professionals in this sport are effusive, his team players who play the same sport are also effusive. 
Or in simpler terms because professionals in this sport play professionally, his team players also have played professionally.

(A) misleadingly equates enthusiasm with unethical play
Nothing about the ethics is mentioned. ELIMINATE A

(B) misinterprets the critics’ claim that the team is unprofessional
Coach is not just arguing against critics' claims not misinterpreting the claims. ELIMINATE B

(C) too quickly generalizes from the sport at one level to the sport at a different level
Nothing about the levels is mentioned. ELIMINATE C

(D) shifts the blame for the team’s behavior to professional players
Coach is not playing the blame game by shifting the blame to professional players. ELIMINATE D

(E) takes everyone on the team to have performed the actions of a few.
This answer choice is similar to the assumption made by the coach. He assumes that his team players have behaved in the same way professionals in this sport behave. CORRECT ANSWER

IMO E is the correct answer.

GMAT0010 · Answer

Please explain the reason behind B. 
I think D is the right answer.

kritikumari · Answer

GMATNinja  can you please explain why B over D?

GMAToverPUBG · Answer

Coach: Our team has often been criticized for our enthusiasm in response to both our successes and our opponents’ failures. But this behavior is hardly unprofessional, as our critics have claimed. On the contrary, if one looks at the professionals in this sport, one will find that they are even more effusive. Our critics should leave the team alone and let the players enjoy the game.

The coach’s argument is most vulnerable to the charge that it

(A) misleadingly equates enthusiasm with unethical play - There is no mention of "unethical" per se. (Out of Scope) -  Eliminate A.

(B) misinterprets the critics’ claim that the team is unprofessional - The team is  criticized  of enthusiasm. Coach misinterprets it to be unprofessional - -   So we keep B

(C) too quickly generalizes from the sport at one level to the sport at a different level - Coach does that, but as per question, is Coach's argument vulnerable to it? Or does it weakens his argument? It strengthens it rather.   Eliminate C

(D) shifts the blame for the team’s behavior to professional players - Similar to C, this also strengthens Coach's argument and is less vulnerable.   Eliminate D

(E) takes everyone on the team to have performed the actions of a few. - There is no mention of "actions of a few", thus, Irrelevant. -  E liminate E

Hence, B.

Abhi942 · Answer

Coach: Our team has often been criticized for our enthusiasm in response to both our successes and our opponents’ failures. But this behavior is hardly unprofessional, as our critics have claimed. On the contrary, if one looks at the professionals in this sport, one will find that they are even more effusive. Our critics should leave the team alone and let the players enjoy the game.

The coach’s argument is most vulnerable to the charge that it

(A) misleadingly equates enthusiasm with unethical play

(B) misinterprets the critics’ claim that the team is unprofessional

(C) too quickly generalizes from the sport at one level to the sport at a different level

(D) shifts the blame for the team’s behavior to professional players

(E) takes everyone on the team to have performed the actions of a few

The Question stem clearly states that Critics often criticized the enthusiasm of the Coach's team in response to both its successes and its opponents’ failures. Coach in his response readily assumes that critics are criticizing his team as unprofessional and makes his statement. No where in the question stem it is mentioned in that this particular act is unprofessional.

(A) misleadingly equates enthusiasm with unethical play ---  This is a trap answer which will make us assume that act of team i.e, response to both its successes and its opponents’ failures as an unethical play. We should never bring our own beliefs while answering CR questions

(B) misinterprets the critics’ claim that the team is unprofessional ---  Correct answer for above mentioned explanation

(C) too quickly generalizes from the sport at one level to the sport at a different level --  There is no discussion of any levels of sport

(D) shifts the blame for the team’s behavior to professional players --  Same as B no there is no mention of what is professional or unprofessional

(E) takes everyone on the team to have performed the actions of a few --  No where in stem coach or critics mentioned about the act is performed by only few players.

abhi19051990 · Answer

Coach: Our team has often been criticized for our enthusiasm in response to both our successes and our opponents’ failures. But this behavior is hardly unprofessional, as our critics have claimed. On the contrary, if one looks at the professionals in this sport, one will find that they are even more effusive. Our critics should leave the team alone and let the players enjoy the game.

The coach’s argument is most vulnerable to the charge that it

ARGUMENT: Behavior of the players is not unprofessional. Comparison done with professionals to justify. Basis this let's look at the answer choices.

(A) misleadingly equates enthusiasm with unethical play- nothing mentioned for unethical play. ELIMINATED

(B) misinterprets the critics’ claim that the team is unprofessional- as the second sentence suggests and further justification given can be taken as misinterpretation of the critics' claim. HOLD

(C) too quickly generalizes from the sport at one level to the sport at a different level- the coach compares but has not generalised it. Be careful. ELIMINATED

(D) shifts the blame for the team’s behavior to professional players- no blame has been passed on. ELIMINATED

(E) takes everyone on the team to have performed the actions of a few- nothing of this sort anywhere in the argument. ELIMINATED.

Hence B is the correct answer here.

Chandan5793 · Answer

In the passage it is already written that "  But this behavior is hardly unprofessional, as our critics have claimed. " - If this were to be true, critics have claimed them to be unprofessional. It's not an incorrect assumption on part of the coach?

Whereas in (C) : "Levels" is not explicitly written, but behaviour of his team and of professionals is compared.  Thus we can infer from this that the Coach's team is not in the same level as that of the professionals. Thus they are invariably two different levels we are talking about.

IMO : C

peanuts · Answer

Coach: Our team has often been criticized for our enthusiasm in response to both our successes and our opponents’ failures. But this behavior is hardly unprofessional, as our critics have claimed. On the contrary, if one looks at the professionals in this sport, one will find that they are even more effusive. Our critics should leave the team alone and let the players enjoy the game.

Premise 1: Critics claimed the team's behavior is unprofessional
Premise 2: professional players do so even more effusive 
 Conclusion: The claim is wrong

The coach’s argument is most vulnerable to the charge that it

The main assumption the coach made with Premise 2 is that as professionals all do the same with his team, so his team could not be professional ==> the coach assumes that critic wanted to say  his team  is unprofessional while in fact the critics said the  team's behavior  is unprofessional

(A) misleadingly equates enthusiasm with unethical play  No one talks about ethical play

(B) misinterprets the critics’ claim that the team is unprofessional  yes. Exactly what we want

(C) too quickly generalizes from the sport at one level to the sport at a different level  We don't know if the team is at professional level or not, so this charge is difficult to make sense

(D) shifts the blame for the team’s behavior to professional players  This is what I thought at first. But in the stem, no claim was made about the professionals. It just say that the professionals do one thing, which is similar to what the team did, so the team should not be unprofessional

(E) takes everyone on the team to have performed the actions of a few  No info about unprofessional behavior is expressed by a few or the whole team

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