I don't get the metrics obsession. I get the projection and historical comparisons part. But outside of serious gamblers, I don't understand why people get so passionate about that. Some out here seems to value metrics wins more than scoreboard, baby.
Poont of clarification on my own personal stance since I don’t know if I’ve ever made it known:
I’m not a huge metrics guy. I’m with you on scoreboard. I find my main role and ultimately my purpose at HH is just Dooging over anything that looks good for my Dwags or makes my Dwags shine, or, poasting anything that I find interesting.
And all these metrics like Connelly’s S&P+, the Pick Six Previews, and now this Beta_Rank.... I find them I interesting. I enjoy seeing how they rank UW and generally it’s in a good light (#shocker; a well run program with elite coaching and development and increasing recruiting comes out shining in computer models).
I like to compare them and see what different ones come up with, and I like to investigate them to get a general sense of how teams are projected to be before the season starts (specifically the Pac-12). Then you see how those preseason projections crumble once the season is underway and the actual players on the field matter.
I don’t put a ton of stock in them, but I enjoy finding out how they perceive my favorite team as well as my hated teams. Then I like to poast them here for my brethren and fake internet friends to debate and fight over and call each other names or jerk each other off.
TL:DR
Grundle, all I want is to....
Wasn't talking about you. I don't think, I dunno, do you fag out about these too?
If metrics are entertaining, enjoy. There is so much twatters metric smack though, it's cringey.
I do appreciate how Connelly goes about it. PAPNv1 (RIP) used it as a tool but not an end in itself.
Most of it seems to be transitive property. The ones about development are mostly dumb too. The more 4 and 5 stars you have, the worse your development rates are going to be.
Comments
FTG
@RuffaloSoldier
@PurpleBaze