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I would have thought the state champion would be number #1 ... so much for credibility
In your post you make two statements.silentbutdeadly3139 wrote:I would have thought the state champion would be number #1 ... so much for credibility
Why ? because they held a tournament in which all teams had a chance to get to the finals and Woodbury won.O-townClown wrote:In your post you make two statements.silentbutdeadly3139 wrote:I would have thought the state champion would be number #1 ... so much for credibility
1) I would have thought the state champion would be number 1 - why? In a computer ranking where all games are equal it is probably a surprise when the tournament champion also finishes on top.
2) So much for credibility. Huh? Not sure I follow.
www.mnhockeyrankings.com and www.myhockeyrankings.com are incredible sites. To be able to compare teams to each other, even when they have no shared opponents, is pretty awesome if you ask me.
And if your trying to find the best team look at the tournament results. Hard to believe they are 3rd best after winning stateO-townClown wrote:If you are trying to figure out who won the tournament it makes more sense to look at tournament results than a computer ranking of all the teams in the state.
I'm not sure it is that simple, East and Woodbury were the two most consistant teams throughout the season. The two teams split thier games with one another. East did beat them rather soundly, but my guess is no one would think they are a 7 goal better team. The arguement could be made that the team that finishes 1st and 2nd in the two state tournaments could be recognized as "the best".After East thumped Wb 8-1 and put the game in running time at the VFW, I don't think there is much more to think about.
I was never saying East was bad just laughed that the computer had Woodbury 3rd after winning state and people defended it. Congrats to East as they are obviously a good team as is Woodbury ... the 3rd ranked team in LPHnetminder.net wrote:I'm not sure it is that simple, East and Woodbury were the two most consistant teams throughout the season. The two teams split thier games with one another. East did beat them rather soundly, but my guess is no one would think they are a 7 goal better team. The arguement could be made that the team that finishes 1st and 2nd in the two state tournaments could be recognized as "the best".After East thumped Wb 8-1 and put the game in running time at the VFW, I don't think there is much more to think about.
I was not responding to your post, the one that was qouted was the one I was remarking toI was never saying East was bad just laughed that the computer had Woodbury 3rd after winning state and people defended it. Congrats to East as they are obviously a good team as is Woodbury ... the 3rd ranked team in LPH
This argument can go on forever...Obviously it is my opinion that East is WAS the best team in the state this year. If you base your rankings off of the tournament championship then you would probably say Woodbury is. I look at it like this...The best team doesn't always win the championship...it takes being good #1, which I think everyone can agree, both teams were very good this year. But it also takes a little luck. I'm not taking anything away from anyone, but do you think East would have been out of the state tournament if they had the same path as say a OMG or Wayzata? I doubt it. If Grand Rapids beats a Mounds View team that IMO they would beat 99/100 times would East have made it....maybe, but probably. Look at some of the other Regions...EGF went 1-2 in their pool and still made it out of Regions...Point being, there are lots of factors that go into who makes it to that state tournament and those factors aren't all equal. The bottom line, for whatever reason, the State Tournament lacked 3 of the 4 best teams in the state, missing Tonka, Edina and East. However, with that being said, it is also those factors that have to be overcome if a team wants to be a state champion. Woodbury overcame those obsticles and went on to win the State Championship, so yes...Woodbury is the State Champion, but that doesn't mean they were the best team in the state. The other thing, and this is something I believe in pretty firmly, The best team in the state doesn't get run out of town by getting slapped 8-1, you can make any excuse you want about it not being that important to them because of the previous weekend or whatever excuse you want to give. I'm not taking anything away from Woodbury, they were a great team, but IMO (which is clearly biased, I freely admit) They were the 3rd best team this year...With that being said, they are also the state champs and 100 years from now that is what the record book will say and all these discussions won't matter. Congratulations to all the teams on a great bantam season, I hope my younger kids make it to the level so I can follow it again.netminder.net wrote:silentbutdeadly3139I was not responding to your post, the one that was qouted was the one I was remarking toI was never saying East was bad just laughed that the computer had Woodbury 3rd after winning state and people defended it. Congrats to East as they are obviously a good team as is Woodbury ... the 3rd ranked team in LPH
This is an interesting debate and one that clearly does not have an answer. Duluth East Fan, I understand your point of view but your logic has holes in it. For example, you talked about the easy road Wayzata and OMG had to the State Tournament. This has merit, but you also failed to mention that OMG was 4-0 against Woodbury, Grand Rapids, and your own Duluth East squad. So by your own logic of incorporating head to head competition into the rankings, I would think OMG would be the best team in the state or does the math not apply when it works against the hounds?This argument can go on forever...Obviously it is my opinion that East is WAS the best team in the state this year.
Lastly, LPH loses credibility with me in their rankings and putting tonka and East out of the top 8 because they didn't make it to state. If these are truly "RANKINGS" than rank the teams where they are based on the season, level of competition they played against and their record against those teams. If you want to list finishes then that is a different story.
East Grand Forks beat OMG in State so I think they are the Actually the best in the State???5 For Fighting wrote:This is an interesting debate and one that clearly does not have an answer. Duluth East Fan, I understand your point of view but your logic has holes in it. For example, you talked about the easy road Wayzata and OMG had to the State Tournament. This has merit, but you alsoThis argument can go on forever...Obviously it is my opinion that East is WAS the best team in the state this year.
Lastly, LPH loses credibility with me in their rankings and putting tonka and East out of the top 8 because they didn't make it to state. If these are truly "RANKINGS" than rank the teams where they are based on the season, level of competition they played against and their record against those teams. If you want to list finishes then that is a different story.
failed to mention that OMG was 4-0 against Woodbury, Grand Rapids, and your own Duluth East squad. So by your own logic of incorporating head to head competition into the rankings, I would think OMG would be the best team in the state or does the math not apply when it works against the hounds?
Do you know what you are looking at? "Look at tournament results"? What if the state tournament hasn't been played? And yes, the rankings do take all results into account.silentbutdeadly3139 wrote:And if your trying to find the best team look at the tournament results. Hard to believe they are 3rd best after winning stateO-townClown wrote:If you are trying to figure out who won the tournament it makes more sense to look at tournament results than a computer ranking of all the teams in the state.
By equal do you mean that tournament championships aren't weighted higher than a VFW or district league game or a scrimmage game? Than that is correct, all of the games are weighted equally.O-townClown wrote:Do you know what you are looking at? "Look at tournament results"? What if the state tournament hasn't been played? And yes, the rankings do take all results into account.silentbutdeadly3139 wrote:And if your trying to find the best team look at the tournament results. Hard to believe they are 3rd best after winning stateO-townClown wrote:If you are trying to figure out who won the tournament it makes more sense to look at tournament results than a computer ranking of all the teams in the state.
Who has the best Bantam team in the nation? Who are the favorites to win Nationals? If you have a different measuring stick to look at go ahead. Most people just look at the myhockey rankings because they are - like all formulaic rankings - a great place to start.
It doesn't seem like you understand rankings very well. Correct me if I'm wrong, because I haven't read their methodology recently, but aren't all games considered equal by myhockey and mnhockey?
5 For Fighting wrote:This is an interesting debate and one that clearly does not have an answer. Duluth East Fan, I understand your point of view but your logic has holes in it. For example, you talked about the easy road Wayzata and OMG had to the State Tournament. This has merit, but you also failed to mention that OMG was 4-0 against Woodbury, Grand Rapids, and your own Duluth East squad. So by your own logic of incorporating head to head competition into the rankings, I would think OMG would be the best team in the state or does the math not apply when it works against the hounds?This argument can go on forever...Obviously it is my opinion that East is WAS the best team in the state this year.
Lastly, LPH loses credibility with me in their rankings and putting tonka and East out of the top 8 because they didn't make it to state. If these are truly "RANKINGS" than rank the teams where they are based on the season, level of competition they played against and their record against those teams. If you want to list finishes then that is a different story.