Comments on: Better Experts Needed: More on an article in the Philadelphia City Paper http://dberri.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/better-experts-needed-more-on-an-article-in-the-philadelphia-city-paper/ More Stories from The Wages of Wins Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:09:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: No Longer Miller Time in Philadelphia « The Wages of Wins Journal http://dberri.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/better-experts-needed-more-on-an-article-in-the-philadelphia-city-paper/#comment-65241 No Longer Miller Time in Philadelphia « The Wages of Wins Journal Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:43:33 +0000 http://dberri.wordpress.com/?p=784#comment-65241 [...] next season – as E. James Beale noted in the Philadelphia City Paper – the media expected the Sixers to be very bad.  After all, Iverson had left.  Sure the team [...] [...] next season – as E. James Beale noted in the Philadelphia City Paper – the media expected the Sixers to be very bad.  After all, Iverson had left.  Sure the team [...]

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]]> By: Ben Guest http://dberri.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/better-experts-needed-more-on-an-article-in-the-philadelphia-city-paper/#comment-56599 Ben Guest Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:03:02 +0000 http://dberri.wordpress.com/?p=784#comment-56599 Great post. Great post.

]]> By: Animal http://dberri.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/better-experts-needed-more-on-an-article-in-the-philadelphia-city-paper/#comment-56597 Animal Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:15:12 +0000 http://dberri.wordpress.com/?p=784#comment-56597 Tim, he got bumped by Henry Abott's mom. Tim, he got bumped by Henry Abott’s mom.

]]> By: Tim http://dberri.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/better-experts-needed-more-on-an-article-in-the-philadelphia-city-paper/#comment-56596 Tim Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:35:51 +0000 http://dberri.wordpress.com/?p=784#comment-56596 Why aren't you in this year's Stat Geek Smackdown? http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2008/news/story?page=Smackdown08 You did well last year -- were you not invited or did you decline the invitation? I also see that the man who said Chris Paul's adjusted plus/minus is horrible, Stephen Ilardi, is in this year's line up. I'll be interested to see how he does. Why aren’t you in this year’s Stat Geek Smackdown?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2008/news/story?page=Smackdown08

You did well last year — were you not invited or did you decline the invitation? I also see that the man who said Chris Paul’s adjusted plus/minus is horrible, Stephen Ilardi, is in this year’s line up. I’ll be interested to see how he does.

]]> By: Tim http://dberri.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/better-experts-needed-more-on-an-article-in-the-philadelphia-city-paper/#comment-56595 Tim Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:28:11 +0000 http://dberri.wordpress.com/?p=784#comment-56595 "But for other teams - Chicago and Dallas immediately come to mind– past performance doesn’t match perfectly with the future. At least, it doesn’t for every player on the team. When this happens, we have to look at the individual players to see specifically which player’s production has changed. And then we have to look at the individual numbers to see where player performance is different." As a Bulls fan, I look forward to your analysis of the Chicago Bulls' unexpected collapse this year. It seems as if all the players played badly compared to past performance, but I wonder if a statistical analysis would reveal that certain players were more responsible for the collapse than others. Many Bulls fans blame Ben Wallace, but I primarily blame Kurt Hinrich. Yes, Wallace continued to deteriorate, but that had already begun last year, and Noah and Thomas were capable, I judge, of replacing what Wallace did last year. Hinrich is the player who most puzzled me. He played as if plagued by injury, but I saw no reports of significant injuries. “But for other teams – Chicago and Dallas immediately come to mind– past performance doesn’t match perfectly with the future. At least, it doesn’t for every player on the team. When this happens, we have to look at the individual players to see specifically which player’s production has changed. And then we have to look at the individual numbers to see where player performance is different.”

As a Bulls fan, I look forward to your analysis of the Chicago Bulls’ unexpected collapse this year. It seems as if all the players played badly compared to past performance, but I wonder if a statistical analysis would reveal that certain players were more responsible for the collapse than others.

Many Bulls fans blame Ben Wallace, but I primarily blame Kurt Hinrich. Yes, Wallace continued to deteriorate, but that had already begun last year, and Noah and Thomas were capable, I judge, of replacing what Wallace did last year. Hinrich is the player who most puzzled me. He played as if plagued by injury, but I saw no reports of significant injuries.

]]> By: Animal http://dberri.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/better-experts-needed-more-on-an-article-in-the-philadelphia-city-paper/#comment-56592 Animal Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:40:59 +0000 http://dberri.wordpress.com/?p=784#comment-56592 "In sum, The Answer is - much more often than not - in the numbers. " hahahahahaha I like that one. Very witty. “In sum, The Answer is – much more often than not – in the numbers. ”

hahahahahaha I like that one. Very witty.

]]> By: William http://dberri.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/better-experts-needed-more-on-an-article-in-the-philadelphia-city-paper/#comment-56589 William Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:49:08 +0000 http://dberri.wordpress.com/?p=784#comment-56589 Sorry to write an off-topic comment, but Prof. Berri, I sent you an e-mail at "dberri@csub.edu," is that your preferred e-mail address? If not, please let me know where I can contact you directly, thanks. Sorry to write an off-topic comment, but Prof. Berri, I sent you an e-mail at “dberri@csub.edu,” is that your preferred e-mail address?

If not, please let me know where I can contact you directly, thanks.

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