Fallacy

I was reading this book on Clear Thinking which described all these fallacies.  Near the end of the hockey pool, Barb kept asking me how Dave Mason could get all the best players on all the best teams.  And I tried to convince her that she was thinking about it all wrong.  Dave Mason was in first place because his teams had gotten this far and he had good players on the teams.  If I was in first place, I would have all the best players on all the best teams.  She is getting cause and effect all mixed up.