Tutka with his top 20

Here is some analysis from Paul Tutka's top 20 rankings, with the first being on John Tavares:

Will JT have enough left in the tank to make a run past either guy above
him? Been there, done that and still had time to teach his kids about
fractions. He’s still that good.

OK. I get sick when I read these articles about NLL players and how their day jobs somehow make them better at their sport, as having time to teach kids about fractions does not make him good. Blaine Manning is fucking awesome because he can analyze the hell out of a bond transaction. Chris Gill was an amazing goal scorer because he puts out fires and saves people from burning buildings. Their day jobs have no bearing on how good he is on the floor. It makes for an interesting article, but not when analyzing performance.

This is why Tavares is awesome this year:
22 G, 67 PTS, a decent 17.2 shooting %, and a solid 13.9% goal contribution

Now on to Ryan Cousins:

Cousins is still playing solid ball, but just isn’t getting the same kinda
effort outta the boys at the other end of the court, which is affecting the
scoreboard.

As I said a couple of posts ago regarding Jordan Hall, team performance shouldn't have any bearing on these rankings. Cousins is still playing awesome. What Andy Secore did on Saturday should have no effect on where Cousins is ranked. The rest of the team's performance is irrelevant.

Finally, Matt Vinc

Like I said the other week, Vino is definitely a lot of people’s dark horse
pick for tender of the year, and if New York keeps piling up the results,
will be hard to deny him the nod.

If anybody picks Matt Vinc as goalie of the year, I will actually cry. Matt Vinc is a decent goalie, but unless Bob Watson has a monumental collapse over the final few weeks, then Watson is the goalie of the year.

Lets just look at the numbers:

Watson: 9.93 GAA, .790 SVP
Vinc: 12.34 GAA, .765 SVP

Also, there are a number of guys in between them. If somebody wants to use wins as a barometer, Watson has him beat there too, 7-5.

That is all for now. That website is starting to frustrate me.

Kojima on Hall

This is what Steve Kojima said in his weekly top rookie rankings about Jordan Hall:

"1 (1) Jordan Hall, New York – The thing about Hall and the Titans is they keep improving. Jordan had seven points in New York’s last win and is No. 18 overall in league points. Huge game this weekend at Minnesota."

The thing about picking a top rookie is that it should have little to no bearing on how the team is doing. The thing is I don't care if the Titans win when judging Hall's performance. The thing is if he had 17 points in a 20-17 loss would Kojima write this? He shouldn't, but he probably would.

*Notice how many times I use the phrase "the thing". Doesn't it get annoying? Isn't "the thing" about Hall is that he 25.3% shooting percentage and has scored 13.8% of New York's goals?

This would be a much better opening sentence, and one that a normal lacrosse analyst might write:

Jordan Hall continues to improve at all facets of his game, increasing his points per game average and contributing significantly on the power play.

Not much for now, more later hopefully.