You're right, they are completely different. One will be participating in some event in Brooklyn in 2 weekends and the other will be somewhere in bum ____ Egypt. Damn near literally. So that solves that debate....
Again, please show me where I've defended his losing. Unlike you, I don't have to be right and be able to tell everyone "Look, Bob sucks. I called it!".... As I've stated 20+ times, the man had a great run last year and deserved every opportunity to build off of it. Now that he has had time to build off of it, I think you may be "right."