06-17-2024, 03:01 AM
(06-16-2024, 06:31 AM)DJC link Wrote:Why then does Tom not appear in the AFL's mid year All-Australian team? I'm pretty sure that his name wasn't mentioned during the televised All-Australian selectors' meeting. Perhaps Stats Insider's AFL Player Ratings can shed some light. They use a combination of votes, performance assessments and statistical data to rank players. Tom is currently the ninth ranked ruckman in their ratings (Goldstein is 16th, one behind Pittonet). I think that by considering factors other than statistics, Stats Insider's ratings better reflect players' performances and influence. It could be argued that Stats Insider's ratings are less objective than Champion Data's numbers-based system but Champion Data's statistical categories, definitions, weightings, etc are subjective.
the vibe i got from watching that AA TV thing, was that there wasnt a heap of stats/science put into it (maybe aside from Buckley) - there was a lot of "jeez, he has been pretty good the last couple of weeks" as the basis for putting a name up. I am sure i heard someone say of Mac Andrew "did you see his first quarter on Curnow, last week" - if that is the basis for making the squad, then it obvous why they have so many misses