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[Unhandled Exception]

Oh god I clicked on an OT thread! WHY DID I DO THAT?!

 

[TUSR]

there are a lot of leagues you could have meant. not like this thread has been hockey lately. :lol

i had a new coach of a men's league baseball team i played for tell me he hated me because of the pitch I throw.

lmao

 

[T.M. MacReady]

this whole page

 

[wsoxfan1214]

Oh god I clicked on an OT thread! WHY DID I DO THAT?!

lmao

"I'm a pitching coach, but I don't know how to coach the pitch you throw, therefore I hate you"

 

[DopeyFish]

From our new Assistant GM:



Seem like they're pretty useful for evaluating players and improving team play to me.

So no advanced stats went into his decision making, k.

 

[zroid]

there just aren't enough grampa simpson gifs in the world

 

[Var]

-zone starts
-quality of competition
-possession numbers (Corsi, Fenwick)

Your avatar is frightening.

 

[wsoxfan1214]

Your avatar is frightening.

not giving you what you want

 

[Merguson]

At the cottage. Heard the Franson/Booth/Dubas news. I'm satisfied.

 

[T.M. MacReady]

Gaming side is dangerous territory too these days after that Polygon op-ed.

I wandered over there to read about Destiny, and damn if that thread isn't next level bonkers.

 

[DopeyFish]

-zone starts
-quality of competition
-possession numbers (Corsi, Fenwick)

Zone starts isn't an advanced stat.
QoC wasn't used in decision making process. We call that part "line matching"
Corsi/Fenwick shown after the fact but not used in decision making process.

All corsi/fenwick does is suggest something may not be working. It doesn't really tell you what's wrong, if there's anything. It basically ends up as "try something else"

 

[Dastardly Jerks]

I'm also happy Sami Vatanen is signed with Anaheim.

YES YES YES indeed.

Best news of today. Light the Vat-signal!

 

[Dastardly Jerks]

EDIT: The edit button is right there gosh

I do believe we're all going to jail for loading that image.

"They say it's dangerous to swallow the cum of foreigners"

God dammit Smiley.

Those stats aren't advanced stats, they are complimentary stats

Hence why i call them garbage stats because they aren't useful. They are about as useful as +/-

If you were a GM and were shown your teams corsi stats, how would you be able to use it to improve your team? How do they show your weaknesses and strengths? They really don't.

If you were a coach and were shown your corsi stats, how would you coach your team differently? Everything is systemic, stat is heavily reliant on team play and can't give you specific clues what to change... they are still forced to look at tape and identify/correct mistakes

It's all relevant to their position and playstyle. They can show who can handle a puck properly and who is a goof that has every pass go tape to tape (to the oppositions tape).

 

[Smiley90]

Nobody called that guy one of my alts? Today is a good day

 

[wsoxfan1214]

Nobody called that guy one of my alts? Today is a good day

we all thought it was obvious enough that we didn't need to point it out

 

[zroid]

I think Stamkos will be on CP24 tomorrow morning? Hope I remember to watch that.

 

[Coldnoodle]

I think Stamkos will be on CP24 tomorrow morning? Hope I remember to watch that.

Whats he doing on there

 

[DopeyFish]

Short answer is "you're wrong" but I really don't feel like getting into it in detail right now.

Possession can be improved simply by having the puck more. This includes, but is not limited to, controlling the puck through the neutral zone rather than dumping it in, forcing the opponent to dump the puck in or otherwise turn it over, controlling play along the boards, etc.

I'll post the full article that the McCann quote was from. It is very clear that these metrics provide valuable insight into a player's strengths, weaknesses and overall ability.

http://canucksarmy.com/2014/7/7/get-to-know-a-prospect-jared-mccann-not-jared-mccan-t

All the things you listed are effects of systems, not of players... with the exception of "controlling the play on the boards" and every one of those things are done via tape.

Also, none of those stats are advanced stats. Want to know what an advanced stat would be? zone entry by possession which lead to a scoring chance relative to zone entry by dump in which leads to a scoring chance with a breakdown of potential offensive output (average attempt), actual offensive (success rate) output and variance as a team or player by player compared to league average

That... that is an advanced stat.

Not zone entry.
Not corsi.

 

[SmackCrackleNPop]

Look at those Leafs go!

 

[Calamari41]

I don't see anybody debunking that guy's African voodoo slave emperor theories though so I'm gonna have to go with Smiley on this one.

 

[Quick]

I wonder what was going through this guy's head when he thought this would be a good idea for a thread:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=860170

Clicked, read it, "nope."

 

[TUSR]

I wonder what was going through this guy's head when he thought this would be a good idea for a thread:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=860170

LOL

 

[wsoxfan1214]

I wonder what was going through this guy's head when he thought this would be a good idea for a thread:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=860170

lmfao

 

[RC]

I wonder what was going through this guy's head when he thought this would be a good idea for a thread:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=860170

Surely he wanted to get banned right? it's the only explanation.

 

[TUSR]

Surely he wanted to get banned right? it's the only explanation.

that guy always posts dumb shit, hes fucking weird

 

[T.M. MacReady]

that guy always posts dumb shit, hes fucking weird

Yeah, i saw the av and wasn't surprised.

 

[Unhandled Exception]

that guy always posts dumb shit, hes fucking weird

He's like a blamespace/timedog cousin.

 

[Coldnoodle]

He's like a blamespace/timedog cousin.

blamespace is awesome.

 

[Unhandled Exception]

TeethMummy I have something for you. Boy do I.

 

[RC]

That joystick is the wrong colour.

 

[Unhandled Exception]

That joystick is the wrong colour.

uh i've never had any complaints

 

[Marvie_3]

blamespace is awesome.

He has his off days but there are times when I can't stop laughing at some of the things he posts.

 

[wsoxfan1214]

not sure i've seen a blame space post i've actually laughed at

 

[Quick]

not sure i've seen a blame space post i've actually laughed at

Same.

And Timedog stuff. It's probably because it's all a GAF inside joke that either people actually are in on it, or people pretend to be.

 

[Dastardly Jerks]

Is that joystick chew-safe? Asking for a friend.

 

[Acid08]

Is that joystick chew-safe? Asking for a friend.

It is but c'mon light on the teeth bro.

 

[TUSR]

would that break if you were to si... step on it

 

[Unhandled Exception]

would that break if you were to si... step on it

Sanwa makes some pretty sturdy hardware.

 

[Smiley90]

I wonder what was going through this guy's head when he thought this would be a good idea for a thread:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=860170

I... what?

LOL

 

[SmackCrackleNPop]

I wonder what was going through this guy's head when he thought this would be a good idea for a thread:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=860170

 

[Socreges]

Same.

And Timedog stuff. It's probably because it's all a GAF inside joke that either people actually are in on it, or people pretend to be.

I think they all know each other through IRC. Just a guess though since otherwise it does seem randomly insular

 

[zedge]

TeethMummy I have something for you. Boy do I.

I use my left.. Wrong hand.

 

[Timedog]

I think they all know each other through IRC. Just a guess though since otherwise it does seem randomly insular

I don't talk to anyone on IRC. I have the GAF GOLD IRC but I post in there maybe 3-5 times a year.

 

[Dastardly Jerks]

timedog do you just google yourself and hope for the best?

 

[Timedog]

no i use the Timedog Algorithm, which i guess is kind of sort of like googling myself with targeted searches via automated proxy.

i hope the Wayne Gretsky made a lot of touchdowns this year!!!

 

[Red_Man]

 

[zroid]

Whats he doing on there

Stamkos is playing road hockey in the CP24 parking lot, lol.

It's some charity event, I think.

 

[Stet]

sometimes i wish google alerts could be housed in a stuffed animal so you could pat them every time they did a good job

 

[Red_Man]

Colorado & O'Reilly avoid arbitration... agree to a 2-year deal. He'll make $5.8M next year and $6.2M in year 2.

Guess he's not such an asshole anymore.

 

[KingHenrik30]

Kreider's done at 2 year 2.4. Knew they'd get it settled before arbitration.