Fantastic article on McCarthy. I wonder if the next great leap in baseball will come from getting players to adopt sabermetric principles into how they play the game.
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I read this article of the weekend and enjoyed it.
The whole edition of the mag was dedicated to advanced metrics in sports. I was encouraged to see some developments in rating QB's that seek to measure things more within the QB's control, including a metric attempting to remove luck from the equation (like FIP for pitchers) when the QB makes the wrong decision but isn't punished for it by way of an INT/TO. I was a bit surprised, however, since PER is so good I can't imagine why you'd want anything else.
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Don't know what you mean by "PER", but the NFL QB Rating formula is a POS.Originally posted by MarkGrace View PostI read this article of the weekend and enjoyed it.
The whole edition of the mag was dedicated to advanced metrics in sports. I was encouraged to see some developments in rating QB's that seek to measure things more within the QB's control, including a metric attempting to remove luck from the equation (like FIP for pitchers) when the QB makes the wrong decision but isn't punished for it by way of an INT/TO. I was a bit surprised, however, since PER is so good I can't imagine why you'd want anything else.Comment
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Pass Efficiency Rating. Jay's Holy Grail.Originally posted by Indy Coug View PostSo Russell...what do you love about music? To begin with, everything.Comment
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I think he was playin' with ya.Originally posted by MarkGrace View Post"Either evolution or intelligent design can account for the athlete, but neither can account for the sports fan." - Robert Brault
"Once I seen the trades go down and the other guys signed elsewhere," he said, "I knew it was my time now." - Derrick FavorsComment
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PER should be read as a team rating, not as an individual rating. Granted, one individual has a immensely disproportionate contribution towards that measure, but it still remains a team statistic.Originally posted by MarkGrace View Post
As a team statistic the college pass efficiency formula is without doubt an extremely effective measure. The NFL QB Rating formula is not nearly as good as the college formula.
ESPN's TQB Rating is a black box. However since it only has to be better than the QB Rating, it has a low bar to clear.Comment
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That's what I've been trying to tell Jay!Originally posted by Indy Coug View PostSo Russell...what do you love about music? To begin with, everything.Comment
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Let's not use any stats or data. Just use the eyeball test.Comment
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You would think that given his absolute reliance on such a limited stat (at least in terms of measuring an individual), but he wasn't. Jay doesn't play, he's all business.Originally posted by Blueintheface View PostLast edited by MarkGrace; 02-27-2012, 12:37 PM.So Russell...what do you love about music? To begin with, everything.Comment
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His wife is hot.Originally posted by MarkGrace View PostI read this article of the weekend and enjoyed it.
The whole edition of the mag was dedicated to advanced metrics in sports. I was encouraged to see some developments in rating QB's that seek to measure things more within the QB's control, including a metric attempting to remove luck from the equation (like FIP for pitchers) when the QB makes the wrong decision but isn't punished for it by way of an INT/TO. I was a bit surprised, however, since PER is so good I can't imagine why you'd want anything else."Nobody listens to Turtle."-TurtlesigpicComment
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BTW, just because a rating system like Total QB Rating claims it includes a myriad of situational or conditional measures doesn't mean
1. They should be considered to begin with
2. They receive the appropiate weightings
A 10,000 line algorithm (ESPN's claim) isn't particularly useful and it certainly doesn't lend itself well to evaluation.Comment
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I swear I thought she was Anna Benson when I saw the cover.Originally posted by Surfah View PostSo Russell...what do you love about music? To begin with, everything.Comment
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That cover is lame. I don't care how hot his wife may or may not be.Originally posted by MarkGrace View PostComment
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Funny I thought the same thing.Originally posted by MarkGrace View Post"Nobody listens to Turtle."-TurtlesigpicComment
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I don't know about lame, but definitely misleading. Seems he had scored the babe well before reinventing himself under Moneyball.Originally posted by Indy Coug View PostSo Russell...what do you love about music? To begin with, everything.Comment
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