rolldodge wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 12:33 pm
because its a terrible judge of relative team strength (especially in lacrosse)
Why? I can't think of any reason why it would be a worse metric than, say, wins and losses on the field. In fact, I would say in some ways it's a better metric.
rolldodge wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 12:33 pm
and its nearly impossible to turn into a standard metric that approaches any semblance of objectivity.
But is it? Don't many major computer models take it into consideration? I'm pretty sure Massey, which has Yale at 21, does, and I believe that several other systems do as well. (ftr, Massey is largely in line with the media poll on the Yale ranking, too...so it's not like that result is just out of left field).