Contest Week 2!
by Chemmy on Dec 9, 2008 1:34 PM EST
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This week's Fanpost starter topic: invent a new statistic and write a post about it.
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Ooo Ooo!
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I have a question I have a question!
Do the Christmas Contest FanPosts have to be about the starter topic?
Nope!
They can be about anything! The fanposts can be about anything Leaf-related.
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by PPP on Dec 8, 2008 3:01 PM EST up reply actions
Users should also feel comfortable writing long form essays about how much they like me, Chemmy.
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What if they want to write a long form essay extolling the virtues of PPP (the man, not the site) instead of you?
"Hootenanny? Well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny"
That would be an unwise decision.
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Why? Are you really going to ban me? I think not. You need me around to keep bringing up sexytime dolls and egg threads on that talk about girls kissing other girls. You won’t ban little old me…
"Hootenanny? Well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny"
plus the brick smashing and stabbings that may stem from it
Because Taking The Leafs Seriously Is Not An Option
by JaredFromLondon on Dec 8, 2008 3:49 PM EST up reply actions
Excellent points, Jared. I wasn’t going to threaten violence, but maybe I should have…
"Hootenanny? Well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny"
usually it is implied with you
Because Taking The Leafs Seriously Is Not An Option
by JaredFromLondon on Dec 8, 2008 4:06 PM EST up reply actions
Some might say that that is the smarter move.
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by PPP on Dec 8, 2008 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
Hmmm.
Does this need to be a quantifiable statistic?
Actually, this reminds me of a j-school assingment from years ago. We were to devise an experiment and then do a write-up of the results. Mine was this – when confronted with a clearly-marked door, what percentage of people will still try to open it the wrong way?
(In that instance, it turned out to be almost one in seven.)
Leaf, the universe and everything.
I just want people to write good fanposts. It can be about anything at all, the statistic idea is just to help people’s imaginations get going. :)
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Klein and Reif
used to have their perserverence index for goaltenders. I always thought that was a nifty one.
It was a weighted mix of save percentage plus workload. Have to see if I can remember the math.
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I love the internets
(save percentage *600 + avg shots against)/0.6 = perserverence index
Toskala
(.885*600 + 27.8)/.6 = 931.333
Luongo
(.928*600 + 30.2)/.6 = 978.333
Now, in the mid-80s, 931 would have been awesome. Not Vezina-winning, but not too shabby. Save percentage has done some wacky things in the past 20-odd years.
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On 30 shots, the difference between .928 and .885 is about 4 goals every 3 games.
Weird to think that 1 goal a game separates truly dominant goalies from crummy ones.
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So who is going to take 1967ers wonderful suggestion (since he’s more than qualified AND the only one right now…) to look into the perseverance index?
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by PPP on Dec 8, 2008 3:52 PM EST up reply actions
So there's the challenge
Find a way to document how badly the goalies really are (or aren’t) playing….
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The knock on the stat, even then, was that there was no measure of the quality of a given shot. K&R acknowledged this.
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Sure
What it means, though, is that it’s pretty touch to really get a handle on how a goalie is playing, based on his numbers alone.
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