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Originally Posted by fhomess
You'll notice I made no comment on whether or not I think WPA is something worthwhile.
Anyway, if one extends your line of thinking to the logical conclusion, the only stat worth counting is team wins and losses. From that perspective, you could argue that any HR is meaningless even if your team wins, as it doesn't matter HOW you win, just whether or not you do. Personally, I think there's some merit to the idea that the be all end all stat of everything is championships won, followed closely by team wins and losses.
That said, wins and losses are based on the contributions of several individuals, so I also think there's some merit to trying to figure out how players contribute to wins and losses at an individual level. That's not a simple thing to do, and there's two sides of the coin: how much did they contribute to past wins and losses, and how much can a team expect them to contribute to future wins and losses. Every GM evaluates both of those things, as the former informs the latter. What stats you or anyone else uses to do that evaluation is ultimately up to you.
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Right.
All I am saying is that to me all I care about is whether they won or lost. How they did it matters not to me.
Just to let you know, I wasn't spouting at you. What you said just triggered my rant but I used what you said to show why I went on.
