you would have to adjust for possessions.. Just an example to keep it simplerolldodge wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 1:52 pm Apologies if this has been discussed above, but in taking margin of victory into account how do you incorporate different styles and pace of play? One can realistically imagine a team that is defense oriented and may only win their games by 2 or 3 goals but the outcome of the game is never in doubt. Do they get penalized for that?
Team A.. averages 15 possessions. Scores 10 pts a game
Team B averaged 18 possessions. Scores 12 pts a game.
They would be considered equal offense, as both score .667 goals per possession. You can do same with defense and that would would give the adjustment. You are just calculating efficiency, instead of overall score, which is better.