Dammit, I knew I should have entered the contests, using KRACH (since I 
don't know any better)!

Cheers,
Ken.


On 13-03-18 03:20 PM, Wayne Smith wrote:
> You've got to be kidding!    Bill Fenwick and Higher seed are killing 
> the rest of us.
>
> I understand Bill's perch ... he knows hockey and computers ... and 
> runs the contest ;-)
>
> But Higher Seed?!   What does Higher Seed know ... just the wins and 
> losses going back to October.  It doesn't know Team A has a bunch of 
> Freshmen that took a few months to gel, nor that Team B has its three 
> best players back now (or out now), nor that Team C just got lucky 
> this year and will fall apart in the playoffs.   We should trounce 
> Higher Seed!
>
> Bill, if you're still talking to me ;-), what constitutes Higher Seed? 
> Conference record?  Overall win percentage?  Pairwise? Krach?
>
> We should be able to use KRACH and wipe them all out.  Truth be told, 
> my game predictions are normally RHEAL and those are quite close to 
> Pairwise and KRACH, but not so much CHODR.   Why does CHODR do so well 
> in the playoffs when it doesn't seem to be so hot during the season?  
> And CHODR doesn't even "care" about wins, just scoring.  A win is a 
> win, and the best teams win!  Anyone can get a 10-0 win, but that's an 
> anomaly, not representative of the difference between the two teams.
>
> Maybe this is like professional wrestling and we just haven't figured 
> it out as yet.  Something's going on and I'm suspicious.
>
> Cheers and Happy St Patrick's Day +1, Wayne


-- 
Ken Butler
Scarborough, Ontario