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Originally Posted by andymac
I have never tried to convert anyone. I didn't start this thread, just responded to the complaints about the stats and the attacks on the guys who created them (just because a thread is started off by saying "I'm not attacking" or whatever doesn't mean what follows doesn't attack, nor does hiding under the veil of humor). I could not care less how many people want to stick with the "traditional" stats, I'll just feel that I am better informed than they are. It isn't like by using the "non traditional" stats, I no longer understand the "traditional" ones.
What you guys either don't remember or weren't around to witness, is that the reason the game chooses the MVP the way it does now is because there were many posters complaining that the game was obviously choosing the wrong guy using the "traditional stats". So, Markus changed the formula (I don't remember exactly what version this happened with).
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Your point is well taken, but the reason this discussion is so lively is because we have two sides, each with a valid point, who have a different concept of how the game "should" award the MVP.
Your position is that you hate the sports writers who you deem "stupid" and you feel "vindicated" that OOTP chooses the winner in a more enlightened fashion. Ok. Good point.
The OP's position is that he's dissatisfied with OOTP because it's method of choosing the winner is too cold and calculating, and it ignores the, for lack of a better word, "sentimental" or "human" aspect when awarding the MVP. In my opinion, another good point.
My point is that your position is technically the right one, but if the sports writers started handing out MVPs to the guy with the best VORP, the public at large would judge them "stupid", for using this eggheaded stat that nobody can even understand, and doesn't want to.
Understand?