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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Yeah man I totally don't understand what a sport is. You've nailed it. I'll just go.
Enoch, see Eldrick for example of someone taking absolutist view as to standings position being equivalent to team's hockey playing ability. I'm not straw man-ing here.
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Dude, you've got kind of a victim/defensive/passive aggressive thing going on with your posts but you can't just come in with such a condescending and patronizing tone, and not expect to be criticized:
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
That's just so misguided. Some people just want to watch the games and enjoy the wins when they come, and these people will not care what analytics say. Other people want to engage in an intellectual exercise to understand what makes teams successful long-term, and these people will care what analytics say. Both are legitimate ways to enjoy hockey.
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What do you expect?
There is a saying in my business, that "the market can stay irrational for longer than you can stay solvent". Sometimes, things can't be explained by our meager humanoid attempt to categorize, quantify and predict. Things
should be going differently; that stock
should be going up; that team
should be losing. The reality is that there is a ton of other factors beyond the simplistic models that we create to try and predict and find meaning,
including elements that defy rationality.
My point is that accepting the above IMO leads to more humility and ironically a far more objective eye.