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Old 03-08-2015, 02:04 PM   #193
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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist View Post
In my opinion Toronto and Colorado ate the worst things to happen to the analytics movement. They are the trump cats for those who don't understand analytics. That's two examples of regression that give blind faith where there's many others that disprove it. It's the "if evolution is true, why are there still monkeys" kind of logic.
This is an outstanding analogy. I haven't heard it used in this context but recall someone putting it similarly when people were s****ing all over Crosby for his playoffs production last year. "Best player in the world my a**", etc.
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