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Title: Synergy
Post by: kso_FAN on February 28, 2013, 08:11:08 PM
http://www.kansas.com/2013/02/28/2696452/weber-lowery-former-effective.html

:D
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: CNS on February 28, 2013, 08:18:42 PM
Good article.

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Title: Synergy
Post by: puniraptor on February 28, 2013, 08:21:29 PM
Sounds like two best friends holding hands at the top of the conference.
Title: Synergy
Post by: steve dave on February 28, 2013, 08:28:53 PM
Enjoyed that
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: wetwillie on February 28, 2013, 08:33:38 PM
Not a trace of squawk anywhere to be found in that article.
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: Skipper44 on February 28, 2013, 08:37:12 PM
the author was a big winner with Frank leaving, it had to be a lot easier for him to do his job.
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: mocat on February 28, 2013, 08:45:52 PM
"Coach is a savant"

Savant, you guys
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: catzacker on February 28, 2013, 08:48:45 PM
9am to midnight.
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: ksupamplemousse on February 28, 2013, 08:49:50 PM
"Coach is a savant"

Savant, you guys

chicken nuggets savant  :dunno:
Title: Synergy
Post by: steve dave on February 28, 2013, 08:50:52 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! chicken nuggets! OMG deuce!

:flush:
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: Cire on February 28, 2013, 08:54:42 PM

:dubious:
What a lazy statement
Quote
    Lowery is a defensive guru. He convinces players to pressure the ball without getting beat to the basket. His ways have clearly rubbed off. The Wildcats lead the Big 12 in scoring defense, allowing 59.7 points.

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2013/02/28/2696452/weber-lowery-former-effective.html#storylink=cpy   
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: Skipper44 on February 28, 2013, 08:55:13 PM
"Coach is a savant"

Savant, you guys
savant may explain some of oscar's mannerisms
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: ksupamplemousse on February 28, 2013, 08:55:36 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! chicken nuggets! OMG deuce!

:flush:

Steve Dave, why are you so mean  :bawl:
Title: Re: Re: Synergy
Post by: mocat on February 28, 2013, 09:00:19 PM
9am to midnight.

Left handed boner pills user outed!
Title: Synergy
Post by: puniraptor on February 28, 2013, 09:30:46 PM
9am to midnight.

Left handed boner pills user outed!

Extremely high quality joke here, folks.
Title: Re: Re: Synergy
Post by: kso_FAN on February 28, 2013, 09:35:34 PM

:dubious:
What a lazy statement
Quote
    Lowery is a defensive guru. He convinces players to pressure the ball without getting beat to the basket. His ways have clearly rubbed off. The Wildcats lead the Big 12 in scoring defense, allowing 59.7 points.

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2013/02/28/2696452/weber-lowery-former-effective.html#storylink=cpy   

I hate "regular" stats.
Title: Re: Re: Synergy
Post by: yosh on February 28, 2013, 09:41:50 PM

:dubious:
What a lazy statement
Quote
    Lowery is a defensive guru. He convinces players to pressure the ball without getting beat to the basket. His ways have clearly rubbed off. The Wildcats lead the Big 12 in scoring defense, allowing 59.7 points.

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2013/02/28/2696452/weber-lowery-former-effective.html#storylink=cpy   

I hate "regular" stats.

I've grown so accustomed to adv stats, that I forget that most people are still stupid.  Like most people (Kellis in this article for one) think K-State is a great defensive team and a mediocre offensive team.  Mindblowing.
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: WillieWatanabe on February 28, 2013, 09:44:26 PM

:dubious:
What a lazy statement
Quote
    Lowery is a defensive guru. He convinces players to pressure the ball without getting beat to the basket. His ways have clearly rubbed off. The Wildcats lead the Big 12 in scoring defense, allowing 59.7 points.

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2013/02/28/2696452/weber-lowery-former-effective.html#storylink=cpy   

yeah... but otherwise :D
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: Stevesie60 on February 28, 2013, 09:55:49 PM

:dubious:
What a lazy statement
Quote
    Lowery is a defensive guru. He convinces players to pressure the ball without getting beat to the basket. His ways have clearly rubbed off. The Wildcats lead the Big 12 in scoring defense, allowing 59.7 points.

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2013/02/28/2696452/weber-lowery-former-effective.html#storylink=cpy   

I hate "regular" stats.

I've grown so accustomed to adv stats, that I forget that most people are still stupid.  Like most people (Kellis in this article for one) think K-State is a great defensive team and a mediocre offensive team.  Mindblowing.

It really is. I don't know how you can watch more than two of our games and not look at those stats and realize something is wrong with them, mostly because of the offensive side.
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: SdK on February 28, 2013, 09:57:49 PM
So Weber is Keady and Lowery is Weber?
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: The Whale on February 28, 2013, 10:10:52 PM

:dubious:
What a lazy statement
Quote
    Lowery is a defensive guru. He convinces players to pressure the ball without getting beat to the basket. His ways have clearly rubbed off. The Wildcats lead the Big 12 in scoring defense, allowing 59.7 points.

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2013/02/28/2696452/weber-lowery-former-effective.html#storylink=cpy   

I mean, I don't even...
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: Skipper44 on February 28, 2013, 10:26:57 PM
So Weber is Keady and Lowery is Weber?
that is our best case, yes.  hopefully Chet is our Painter
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: wetwillie on February 28, 2013, 10:29:42 PM
So Weber is Keady and Lowery is Weber?
that is our best case, yes.  hopefully Chet is our Painter

Cuonzo Martin :dubious:
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: Skipper44 on February 28, 2013, 10:32:14 PM
So Weber is Keady and Lowery is Weber?
that is our best case, yes.  hopefully Chet is our Painter

Cuonzo Martin :dubious:
I think AB3 would be Cuonzo
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: steve dave on March 01, 2013, 08:38:31 AM
If Kellis was still living in Idaho he would win another pseudo-prestigious Idaho sports writers trophy for this
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: hatingfrancisco on March 01, 2013, 10:15:52 AM
If Kellis was still living in Idaho he would win another pseudo-prestigious Idaho sports writers trophy for this

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Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: Stevesie60 on March 01, 2013, 12:13:54 PM
_FAN, any chance of changing out Gottlieb for Lowery in your sig pic?
Title: Re: Re: Synergy
Post by: kso_FAN on March 01, 2013, 12:22:31 PM
_FAN, any chance of changing out Gottlieb for Lowery in your sig pic?

Yes.
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: SdK on March 01, 2013, 12:28:26 PM
Now I have to turn sigs on to see what all the fuss is about
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: SdK on March 01, 2013, 12:29:36 PM
Worth it.
Title: Re: Re: Synergy
Post by: nicname on March 01, 2013, 01:01:30 PM

:dubious:
What a lazy statement
Quote
    Lowery is a defensive guru. He convinces players to pressure the ball without getting beat to the basket. His ways have clearly rubbed off. The Wildcats lead the Big 12 in scoring defense, allowing 59.7 points.

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2013/02/28/2696452/weber-lowery-former-effective.html#storylink=cpy   

I hate "regular" stats.

LOL, when I read those ppg stats I was like, "Hey! That doesn't tell me anything Kellis." It was a good article though.  I think sometimes guys get in a bind.  BBall junkies want advanced stats and I think a lot of the reporters want to throw some in there, but it runs the risk of befuddling a majority of less astute fans.  Oh well. 
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: nicname on March 01, 2013, 01:17:11 PM

:dubious:
What a lazy statement
Quote
    Lowery is a defensive guru. He convinces players to pressure the ball without getting beat to the basket. His ways have clearly rubbed off. The Wildcats lead the Big 12 in scoring defense, allowing 59.7 points.

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2013/02/28/2696452/weber-lowery-former-effective.html#storylink=cpy   

I mean, I don't even...

FYI, that is one of our main-man Doug Gottlieb's keys to success in college bball.  So it isn't really a point to make fun of.
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: chum1 on March 01, 2013, 01:37:12 PM
I hate how people think tempo adjusted stats are always superior.  Each type is merely an indicator, neither gives an entire picture of anything, and often it just doesn't matter which you use to make a point.  Get off your high horses.  You're not as smart as you think you are.
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on March 01, 2013, 01:39:19 PM
blame it on oscar
got em playin loose
blame it on chris
not gonna diss
blame it on the kuh kuh kuh kuh kuh kuh wildcats
blame it on the kuh kuh kuh kuh kuh kuh wildcats
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on March 01, 2013, 01:44:30 PM
it takes two to make a thing go right
oscar! chris!
it takes two to make it outta sight
oscar! chris!
Title: Re: Re: Synergy
Post by: kso_FAN on March 01, 2013, 01:48:03 PM
I hate how people think tempo adjusted stats are always superior.  Each type is merely an indicator, neither gives an entire picture of anything, and often it just doesn't matter which you use to make a point.  Get off your high horses.  You're not as smart as you think you are.

Some traditional stats are fine, but saying we have the "best scoring defense" by using PPG is dumb.
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on March 01, 2013, 01:50:48 PM
i wanna coach right now
i'm BW and i came to get down
i'm not internationally known
but i'm known to go and recruit alone
cause i fly a lot and i mean a lot
stay away from me if you don't have a good shot
cause i've been a winna and sometimes a losea
head coach of da cats is what i choosea
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: ltrain on March 01, 2013, 01:52:49 PM
i wanna coach right now
i'm BW and i came to get down
i'm not internationally known
but i'm known to go and recruit alone
cause i fly a lot and i mean a lot
stay away from me if you don't have a good shot
cause i've been a winna and sometimes a losea
head coach of da cats is what i choosea
:thumbs:
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on March 01, 2013, 01:57:52 PM
my name is chris, i got a defensively oriented concept
feet side to side, arms up and keep in step
Title: Re: Re: Synergy
Post by: chum1 on March 01, 2013, 02:03:49 PM
I hate how people think tempo adjusted stats are always superior.  Each type is merely an indicator, neither gives an entire picture of anything, and often it just doesn't matter which you use to make a point.  Get off your high horses.  You're not as smart as you think you are.

Some traditional stats are fine, but saying we have the "best scoring defense" by using PPG is dumb.

It depends on what you mean by best.  Plus, all stats are dumb in a sense.
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: michigancat on March 01, 2013, 02:07:23 PM
I hate how people think tempo adjusted stats are always superior.  Each type is merely an indicator, neither gives an entire picture of anything, and often it just doesn't matter which you use to make a point.  Get off your high horses.  You're not as smart as you think you are.

Some traditional stats are fine, but saying we have the "best scoring defense" by using PPG is dumb.

It depends on what you mean by best.  Plus, all stats are dumb in a sense.

Wins and losses are stats in a sense. So now we've gotten to the point where sports are dumb in a sense. Which may be right!
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: Ghost of Stan Parrish on March 01, 2013, 02:09:55 PM
i wanna coach right now
i'm BW and i came to get down
i'm not internationally known
but i'm known to go and recruit alone
cause i fly a lot and i mean a lot
stay away from me if you don't have a good shot
cause i've been a winna and sometimes a losea
head coach of da cats is what i choosea

my name is chris, i got a defensively oriented concept
feet side to side, arms up and keep in step

You know what's not dumb?  This.
Title: Re: Re: Synergy
Post by: steve dave on March 01, 2013, 02:17:18 PM
I hate how people think tempo adjusted stats are always superior.  Each type is merely an indicator, neither gives an entire picture of anything, and often it just doesn't matter which you use to make a point.  Get off your high horses.  You're not as smart as you think you are.

Some traditional stats are fine, but saying we have the "best scoring defense" by using PPG is dumb.

It depends on what you mean by best.  Plus, all stats are dumb in a sense.

HA! classic chum1 right here.
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: mocat on March 01, 2013, 02:17:40 PM
yeah i mean everyone knows our offense is better than our defense, but if you use points per game as your measuring stick, you would not think this. that's what's dumb.
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: chum1 on March 01, 2013, 02:20:12 PM
I hate how people think tempo adjusted stats are always superior.  Each type is merely an indicator, neither gives an entire picture of anything, and often it just doesn't matter which you use to make a point.  Get off your high horses.  You're not as smart as you think you are.

Some traditional stats are fine, but saying we have the "best scoring defense" by using PPG is dumb.

It depends on what you mean by best.  Plus, all stats are dumb in a sense.

Wins and losses are stats in a sense. So now we've gotten to the point where sports are dumb in a sense. Which may be right!

No, they reflect somewhat arbirarily chosen points that we've all agreed to give significance to.  Wins make us happy and losses make us sad in a way that things like differences in PPG do not.  It's just part of the arrangement.   
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: steve dave on March 01, 2013, 02:20:54 PM
 :D
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: michigancat on March 01, 2013, 02:32:48 PM
high kenpom ratings make me very happy
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: chum1 on March 01, 2013, 02:39:13 PM
high kenpom ratings make me very happy

That's not a good test case because you can't have them independent of winning.
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: Skipper44 on March 01, 2013, 02:45:03 PM
high kenpom ratings make me very happy
is the fact that kenpom has KSU as the 4th best team in the Mountain West reduced your enjoyment of this season?
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: michigancat on March 01, 2013, 02:49:44 PM
high kenpom ratings make me very happy

That's not a good test case because you can't have them independent of winning.

you can't win if both your offensive and defensive efficiencies suck.


high kenpom ratings make me very happy
is the fact that kenpom has KSU as the 4th best team in the Mountain West reduced your enjoyment of this season?

I don't care about the Mountain West.
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: chum1 on March 01, 2013, 02:55:28 PM
high kenpom ratings make me very happy

That's not a good test case because you can't have them independent of winning.

you can't win if both your offensive and defensive efficiencies suck.
 

Call it what you want, it's still the same arbitrary event.
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: michigancat on March 01, 2013, 02:58:53 PM
high kenpom ratings make me very happy

That's not a good test case because you can't have them independent of winning.

you can't win if both your offensive and defensive efficiencies suck.
 

Call it what you want, it's still the same arbitrary event.

What is "it"?
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: chum1 on March 01, 2013, 03:08:35 PM
high kenpom ratings make me very happy

That's not a good test case because you can't have them independent of winning.

you can't win if both your offensive and defensive efficiencies suck.
 

Call it what you want, it's still the same arbitrary event.

What is "it"?

What I would call "winning." Here's my question:  Isn't being very happy with a high kenpom ranking ultimately the same is being very happy with lots of wins?  Is it possible for you to be happy with a high ranking in a stat based ranking system that had no correlation with wins whatsoever?
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: michigancat on March 01, 2013, 03:27:34 PM
What I would call "winning." Here's my question:  Isn't being very happy with a high kenpom ranking ultimately the same is being very happy with lots of wins?

No, they aren't perfectly analogous. Is your enjoyment of wins over the SWAC equal to your enjoyment of wins over teams like Florida?

Is it possible for you to be happy with a high ranking in a stat based ranking system that had no correlation with wins whatsoever?

well, no. Because it definitely wouldn't use extremely useful and always superior possession-based stats.
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: chum1 on March 01, 2013, 03:34:17 PM
What I would call "winning." Here's my question:  Isn't being very happy with a high kenpom ranking ultimately the same is being very happy with lots of wins?

No, they aren't perfectly analogous. Is your enjoyment of wins over the SWAC equal to your enjoyment of wins over teams like Florida?

Is it possible for you to be happy with a high ranking in a stat based ranking system that had no correlation with wins whatsoever?

well, no. Because it definitely wouldn't use extremely useful and always superior possession-based stats.

Useful for what?
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: michigancat on March 01, 2013, 03:40:10 PM
Useful for what?

comparing how well teams score
comparing how well teams prevent scoring
combining the two to predict how well a team will perform against another team

Lots of other things, too. What would you like to do?
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: nicname on March 01, 2013, 03:49:00 PM
i wanna coach right now
i'm BW and i came to get down
i'm not internationally known
but i'm known to go and recruit alone
cause i fly a lot and i mean a lot
stay away from me if you don't have a good shot
cause i've been a winna and sometimes a losea
head coach of da cats is what i choosea

nicname thoroughly enjoyed this rickdaris post.
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: chum1 on March 01, 2013, 03:56:24 PM
Useful for what?

comparing how well teams score
comparing how well teams prevent scoring
combining the two to predict how well a team will perform against another team

Lots of other things, too. What would you like to do?

So, knowing those things is an end in itself, having meaning independent of wins?  That's a new concept to me and I'm still skeptical of it.  It no doubt originated in an attempt to predict wins.  Even if you're just talking about which team is better, it seems nearly everyone would be thinking about which team would win more in one way or another.
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: michigancat on March 01, 2013, 04:05:58 PM
Useful for what?

comparing how well teams score
comparing how well teams prevent scoring
combining the two to predict how well a team will perform against another team

Lots of other things, too. What would you like to do?

So, knowing those things is an end in itself, having meaning independent of wins?  That's a new concept to me and I'm still skeptical of it.  It no doubt originated in an attempt to predict wins.  Even if you're just talking about which team is better, it seems nearly everyone would be thinking about which team would win more in one way or another.

They definitely exist (in part) to compare the strength of teams and help predict wins and losses. And they are always superior to per-game stats for predicting wins and losses.
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: chum1 on March 01, 2013, 07:30:08 PM
Useful for what?

comparing how well teams score
comparing how well teams prevent scoring
combining the two to predict how well a team will perform against another team

Lots of other things, too. What would you like to do?

So, knowing those things is an end in itself, having meaning independent of wins?  That's a new concept to me and I'm still skeptical of it.  It no doubt originated in an attempt to predict wins.  Even if you're just talking about which team is better, it seems nearly everyone would be thinking about which team would win more in one way or another.

They definitely exist (in part) to compare the strength of teams and help predict wins and losses. And they are always superior to per-game stats for predicting wins and losses.

Well, for one, you don't need to adjust for tempo when tempos are similar enough.  I can also imagine cases in which margin of victory is as successful a predictor as kenpom.  My point wasn't about the best system in general.  It was about the dogmatic insistence that everyone must use that system in every situation and they're stupid if they don't.
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: kso_FAN on March 01, 2013, 07:34:34 PM
It was about the dogmatic insistence that everyone must use that system in every situation and they're stupid if they don't.

I don't believe anyone said this in this thread.

I will admit I may imply it sometimes (I did say I hate regular stats, and most of the time I do), but it was never explicit in this thread.
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: chum1 on March 01, 2013, 08:16:03 PM
It was about the dogmatic insistence that everyone must use that system in every situation and they're stupid if they don't.

I don't believe anyone said this in this thread.

I will admit I may imply it sometimes (I did say I hate regular stats, and most of the time I do), but it was never explicit in this thread.

Someone did.  It happens a lot, though, and not just from that person.  The assumption made very often here is that conclusions drawn from stats are completely invalid if the stats aren't adjusted for tempo.  That's a false assumption.
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: CHONGS on March 01, 2013, 08:24:40 PM
nothing means anything guys

especially if it is basic statistics stuff I don't understand

quit talking about anything guys
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: chum1 on March 01, 2013, 08:55:04 PM
especially if it is basic statistics stuff I don't understand

Ooooh!  Please explain statistics stuff to me!  Do it!!!
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: CHONGS on March 01, 2013, 09:02:57 PM
especially if it is basic statistics stuff I don't understand

Ooooh!  Please explain statistics stuff to me!  Do it!!!
:lol:

gather ye rosebuds while ye may



Title: Synergy
Post by: felix rex on March 02, 2013, 12:24:10 AM
No stat means itself. Widening gyre. Infinite play.
Title: Re: Synergy
Post by: kougar24 on March 02, 2013, 11:18:27 AM
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Title: Re: Re: Synergy
Post by: michigancat on March 02, 2013, 11:59:15 AM
Well, for one, you don't need to adjust for tempo when tempos are similar enough.  I can also imagine cases in which margin of victory is as successful a predictor as kenpom.  My point wasn't about the best system in general.  It was about the dogmatic insistence that everyone must use that system in every situation and they're stupid if they don't.

they are also often ignorant. But when it's a sportswriter, I'm pretty much okay with thinking they're stupid. I'll try to make my tone nicer next time so you're not offended.