FBR06g 3-12-15

Bo you either shouldn't have thrown it out that fbr 07 is a coach or you should expose what you know....I think all would agree a coach doing fbr is not appropriate

I've given the same advice to every person who has contacted me about taking over FBR for an age group (or who has inquired about publishing their own rankings)...

1)  You better have thick skin, because every time you post rankings, someone is going to come after you claiming that the rankings are crap, or that you have a bias or outright agenda in favor/against a certain team/club.

2)  The best thing that you can do in those cases, is to answer the question/complaint in an even-handed manner, backed up by actual data

If the person posting the rankings has a bias or an agenda, they won't be able to back up their rankings with actual data, and it will thus show itself pretty clearly over time. I guarantee you that this forum will call it out and bring it to a clear light.  This forum is extremely efficient at self-policing, so not to worry...

Not to mention if there is bias, summer of 2016 will sort it out. BWG rankings were very accurate. If the same model is used, then the same results should prevail.

Correct, summer of 2016 is the legit way to sort it out! The 06 rankings have already had it issues. FBR 06 stand up and be transparent. No need to hide behind a user name. Present your colors and fly your flag proudly.

bwgophers wrote:I've given the same advice to every person who has contacted me about taking over FBR for an age group (or who has inquired about publishing their own rankings)...

1)  You better have thick skin, because every time you post rankings, someone is going to come after you claiming that the rankings are crap, or that you have a bias or outright agenda in favor/against a certain team/club.

2)  The best thing that you can do in those cases, is to answer the question/complaint in an even-handed manner, backed up by actual data

If the person posting the rankings has a bias or an agenda, they won't be able to back up their rankings with actual data, and it will thus show itself pretty clearly over time.   I guarantee you that this forum will call it out and bring it to a clear light.  This forum is extremely efficient at self-policing, so not to worry...

That's great advice Gophers. I truly plan to not have a biased approach or an agenda. I am just another one of those weird people who actually enjoyed data in college and as part of my occupation! I have chosen to use the user name fbr06g for now --maybe after awhile I will let yall know who I am. But for now I felt this was best!. But if anyone has any questions please let me know. I have already had a few people PM me with questions about their team and their rank and I have answered them pretty quickly. I am a pretty black and white type of person ----data driven. Sure I have opinions just like everyone else but to me the FBR is just data. I will be sending my information to Gophers periodically because he has done this for years and no reason for me to learn from mistakes that he has already learned from.

Ready for scores to be posted from today. Got a few sent to me but missing several.