This line of reasoning is starting to look like a tunnel. Oops, sorry, wrong thread.

At least the quote boxes here can be followed.. unlike those at the PPO. My Gawd is it difficult there to follow a nested quote.

Anyway.. I think some are missing the point of removing the lone high abnormality just to reaffirm the rest of his body of work.. which is remarkably consistent but not to our advantage.

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You just don't get it. Nobody is saying take away his big run. We are saying that it isn't a good thing when 1 play (out of 136) represents that BIG of a margin of your production. (meaning you've done jack shit the rest of the season.) That run wasn't even a TD, all it represents is he was extremely helpful on 1 play on 1 drive in 1 game. What about the rest of the games?

Long runs only force the defense to honor the running game if you have them with some sort of consistency. 1/136 is not very consistent. It isn't that Jackson doesn't break "enough" long runs it's that he really doesn't break ANY. Just 1 freaking run after an entire season being the starter.

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But "abnormalities" count. I'm not giving an inch on this one. If the stats don't support your argument as well as you would like, you shouldn't just make up your own stats.

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I don't think they are trying to change the stats.. more or less highlight the one carry to the rest and its impact.

Of course at the end of the day.. it counts as one of the carries.

I should dig into my old statistics books from college (what a dry class) and pull out what they call normalizing the statistics with culling equal amounts form the high and low end of the pool.. the ones that are abnormal from the rest. (Queue Nonstop doing a google, speed reading the page and then talking upon the subject with expertise. 🙂 )

Example.. removing his 71 and his worst negative run to balance out the normals of the stat pool.

But I care less. even with that carry his numbers are not impressive and I am not looking for a fight on this small issue, especially on something stat related.. as I think they are over valued for the most part.

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Brandon Jackson is afraid to hit the hole full speed. That translates into nothing to brag about in my eyes.

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Basically, the thread has degenerated into a discussion of how I (poorly) made a point. Personally, I'm abandoning this thread, never to darken it's door again, for more enjoyable reading in other threads.

TTFN...

:idea: :twisted:

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Your argument was legitimate, personally I wouldn't sweat it, but that's just me.

LOL!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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