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Originally Posted by transplant99
Pinder is a smart guy and he is going to be a star in Canadian radio and maybe even further one day.
However, he is also way way to invested in both analytics and ignoring what he sees to form opinions, and then his pig-headedness takes over when it is pointed out how wrong he is.
He really doesn't value defensive hockey whatsoever and that was proven in spades when he finally stopped his endless chirping of Engelland after seeing exactly how valuable he was this past season. He had been told repeatedly for a couple years that Engellands contributions werent going to be found in some made up chart, but he refused entirely to listen. He would get very very smarmy about it on top of that.
Once he gets over that kind of stubborness, he will be fine though.
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I agree & I find Kent Wilson to have similar takes. Analytics tell A. story, not Thee story. Analytics are only as god as the question they ask.
Are the questions description, predictive, or prescriptive?
If you run the possession numbers & make an observation something like;
Coach X “sheltering” player Z based on offensive vs. defensive starts you fail to understand the coaches motives. Maybe they’re “sheltering” a player, or maybe they’re trying to drive offence.
Frequently, analytics created in the media are just selling a narrative created out of their own questions which may be correct or incorrect, but they frequently peddle it as absolute fact, when the premise may be off base completely.