CHL I actually tend to agree that many people don't want to learn, and are mostly cheering against advanced stats because some people use them to predict doom for the team they cheer for.
I have absolutely nothing against the stats, and I enjoy learning more about some of their subtleties and statistical correlations. However often the stats supporters turn into cheerleading for their cause, which is the stats they believe in.
It would be refreshing to hear your views on the weaknesses of the stats, because of course there are many. And the predictive powers of these stats are also far from certain. And yet too often the stats supporters refuse to acknowledge that.
Can you imagine if there was someone who called themselves "+\- hockey league" and then with a fans passion told everyone why +\- was such an awesome stat?
It's stats....they are what they are, it's the conclusions people draw from them that is the issue.
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