Originally Posted by
KVB
It's crazy they even put out a playoff ranking this early.
They could just do it once at the end. When they take recent performance into account, which the do...they always liked teams that came on strong at the end of the season, then using that formula with 1/3 or so of the season left is a little misleading.
Because for that part of the formula, only the last few games really matter. Same can be said for schedule's effect (at least influence it), etc.
I've alwasy felt that the "if the season ended today" analysis was a little moot.
Just my thoughts on it.