I can't stand it anymore. I need some answers.
First of all, so everyone knows where I am coming from, I fully support the effort of the WPBL and what they are trying to achieve. I may disagree with their tactics some, but, if someone is willing to invest large amount of money into a cuesport endeavor, they get my backing (for what that is worth).
My problem though, is with the scoring, standing and stats. I sit and look at the team standing page and am dumbfounded. Would it be that hard to explain what each of the stat columns means?
I still haven't figured out what Points Back means.
Why are Average Match Points used to determine the standings as opposed to the Match Record W-L? Seems to me that win/loss should be the most important stat. How can a team that is 4-1 be ranked ahead of a team that is 5-0? That just kind of seems stupid (but, maybe it's me). Joe Blow can relate to the Yankees being 4 games out of 1st. Sorry but I can't relate to the Minnesota Outlaws being 1.8 Average Match Points out of 1st. I can relate to Phoenix Fire being 1 win out of 1st.
Where are all the good stats that can be gathered? For me, one of the key elements that pool commentators and fans lack are the statistics. Excuse me, but, where are they. WBPL has everything at their disposal to put our good quality stats, yet all I see is junk. For example:
I can list many more but that is the gist.
The same goes for the individual players stats. I see that it is related to how individual player hockey stats are put up. That only makes sense with the game coming from Canada. I have the same problem with the individual stats as with the team stats and the weight given to what player ranks where.
I mean, really, Kennedy deserves the #1 rank with his 19-6 game record, but, Archer as #2 with an 8-7 record is absurd, especially with Frost having an 18-7 record and in 5th place. Sorry, my common sense tells me that Frost is the better player in Bonus Ball and Archer just strung some runs together.
At this point I can say the same thing about the lack of stats for the individuals as I did for the teams. For brevity in this post I will leave it at that.
Two more comments.
I will start another thread titled Bonus Ball Stats we'd like to see.
WPBL, HIRE A COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER!
First of all, so everyone knows where I am coming from, I fully support the effort of the WPBL and what they are trying to achieve. I may disagree with their tactics some, but, if someone is willing to invest large amount of money into a cuesport endeavor, they get my backing (for what that is worth).
My problem though, is with the scoring, standing and stats. I sit and look at the team standing page and am dumbfounded. Would it be that hard to explain what each of the stat columns means?
I still haven't figured out what Points Back means.
Why are Average Match Points used to determine the standings as opposed to the Match Record W-L? Seems to me that win/loss should be the most important stat. How can a team that is 4-1 be ranked ahead of a team that is 5-0? That just kind of seems stupid (but, maybe it's me). Joe Blow can relate to the Yankees being 4 games out of 1st. Sorry but I can't relate to the Minnesota Outlaws being 1.8 Average Match Points out of 1st. I can relate to Phoenix Fire being 1 win out of 1st.
Where are all the good stats that can be gathered? For me, one of the key elements that pool commentators and fans lack are the statistics. Excuse me, but, where are they. WBPL has everything at their disposal to put our good quality stats, yet all I see is junk. For example:
- What is the game record for each team plus percentages?
- What is the breakdown of the game record of 3 player, 2 player and 1 player games plus percentages?
- How about opponents point run after an error. Then break that down into opponents run after an unforced error and forced error
I can list many more but that is the gist.
The same goes for the individual players stats. I see that it is related to how individual player hockey stats are put up. That only makes sense with the game coming from Canada. I have the same problem with the individual stats as with the team stats and the weight given to what player ranks where.
I mean, really, Kennedy deserves the #1 rank with his 19-6 game record, but, Archer as #2 with an 8-7 record is absurd, especially with Frost having an 18-7 record and in 5th place. Sorry, my common sense tells me that Frost is the better player in Bonus Ball and Archer just strung some runs together.
At this point I can say the same thing about the lack of stats for the individuals as I did for the teams. For brevity in this post I will leave it at that.
Two more comments.
I will start another thread titled Bonus Ball Stats we'd like to see.
WPBL, HIRE A COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER!