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Originally Posted by The Cobra
Certainly, but the weight of one person who’s opinions differ from the majority is equally suspect as well.
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That's the thing: It's not his opinion, it's the result of his analysis. You can agree or disagree with his methodology, but he is not actually expressing an opinion in those numbers. He is merely saying, ‘I applied my method to the data and this is what I found.’
Now, there are methods that are guaranteed to produce garbage results, like the infamous Ricardo Grit Index. But I will take
any serious and sustained attempt to analyze data honestly over the opinion of an emotionally invested fan.
When emotions come in, the opinion all too often becomes a mere rationalization for a subjective feeling: ‘I love/hate X, therefore I will come up with reasons why X is good/bad.’
That's not even accounting for the fact that not all opinions are of equal value. An
informed opinion is worth something. An uninformed opinion is just wind. And there's a lot of wind in fans' opinions of individual players.