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ohara831
11-15-2007, 05:35 PM
Hollinger did his rankings. Has us 29th out of 30, behind only Chicago. Now, I have some concerns about us, but no way in Hell we are 29th. He has Miami 25th and we beat them 2x so far. I beleive Seattle has won 1x and Warriors still at 0.
I wrote him a comment to submit and told him he was a jackass; but not in those words. Just that he lost all credibility.
If you are enclined, go to ESPN.com and read the segment and e-mail him your thoughts.
dvdbumpus
11-15-2007, 06:00 PM
hollinger is a waste. look at stein's rankings for a more accurate look:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/powerranking


we're 17th
Wallace15
11-15-2007, 08:08 PM
Hollinger did his rankings. Has us 29th out of 30, behind only Chicago. Now, I have some concerns about us, but no way in Hell we are 29th. He has Miami 25th and we beat them 2x so far. I beleive Seattle has won 1x and Warriors still at 0.
I wrote him a comment to submit and told him he was a jackass; but not in those words. Just that he lost all credibility.
If you are enclined, go to ESPN.com and read the segment and e-mail him your thoughts.


I saw that earlier today. I was expecting us in the 15-18 range and I look and we're 29th? I'm not if he put us that low because of our SOS or what but those ranking are terrible.
MattD
11-15-2007, 10:03 PM
that is terrible, i wrote him a comment
123together
11-15-2007, 10:40 PM
dats beat up. the win loss record is more important than all of those stupid stats he comes up with
twebb
11-16-2007, 12:05 AM
Hollinger uses a system that screwed us over because of our weak schedule. The only thing that I look at is the W-L and if you look at that we should be about 12 spots higher
Alex
11-16-2007, 12:56 AM
Hollinger bases all of his stuff on weird stats that nobody cares about. Those standings mean nothing.
timang
11-16-2007, 04:43 AM
he must referring to another team. either that, or he's BLIND.
Keetch
11-16-2007, 07:18 AM
Yup whether you win or lose has NO IMPACT on his rating system, it is completely dependant on your scoring margin, the record of your opponents (not you), and home/road games. So those two losses to Philly and PHX are making us look bad.

Strength of schedule is a factor and ours so far is low compared to the others. Its just one system.