From Paul Tutka
"but Zywicki puts it all on the line every shit, every game no matter who’s clubbin’ him in the back of the neck. That kinda grunt work is almost unseen from some teams in this league."
I can almost guarantee that about 99.9% of the players in the NLL care. Just behind John Grant doesn'tdo the grunt work doesn't mean he doesn't want to win or try hard. He doesn't need to try hard. Jeff Zywicki is awesome, but, so are a bunch of others in the league. I guarantee Chicago works its tail off. They just aren't that good.
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Showing posts with label Paul Tutka. Show all posts
Monday, May 5, 2008
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
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.
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.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Jacobs Carrying The Whole Bottom Half of the NLL
This is from Paul Tutka's latest thumbs up/thumbs down for the past weekend:
"Everything that could go wrong for the teams that are favored is definitely goin’ a$$ backwards wrong for ‘em, while Cody Jacobs is shootin’ the friggin’ lights out and givin’ the bottom feeders hope?!?!?"
OK, every year, there are upsets in the NLL. Nobody can say with 100% certainty that team A will beat team B in a game because team A is 10-0 and team B is 0-10. There is a chance, no matter how small, that in a small sample size of 1 game, that anything can happen.
Cody Jacobs is apparently the new hope for all of the league's mediocre teams. You hear that Bob Hamley? Cody Jacobs is the reason you might make the playoffs.
Cody Jacobs has never been a bad player. He scored something like 69 goals in one year of junior B. That is ridiculous. Last year, his first year of playing anything above the junior level, he shot 15.9% in the NLL. Some guys within 1% of his percentage last year? Gary Rosyski, Dan Stroup, Tracey Keluskey, Ryan Powell, Josh Sanderson, Jim Quinlan, Kelly Hall. Most of those guys have been all-stars. Sanderson scored 6 goals this year against Minnesota. Why is it so incredible that he scored 6 goals in a game? That is not that unlikely in the small sample of one game. If he can average that over the course of the year, then that is incredible.
"Everything that could go wrong for the teams that are favored is definitely goin’ a$$ backwards wrong for ‘em, while Cody Jacobs is shootin’ the friggin’ lights out and givin’ the bottom feeders hope?!?!?"
OK, every year, there are upsets in the NLL. Nobody can say with 100% certainty that team A will beat team B in a game because team A is 10-0 and team B is 0-10. There is a chance, no matter how small, that in a small sample size of 1 game, that anything can happen.
Cody Jacobs is apparently the new hope for all of the league's mediocre teams. You hear that Bob Hamley? Cody Jacobs is the reason you might make the playoffs.
Cody Jacobs has never been a bad player. He scored something like 69 goals in one year of junior B. That is ridiculous. Last year, his first year of playing anything above the junior level, he shot 15.9% in the NLL. Some guys within 1% of his percentage last year? Gary Rosyski, Dan Stroup, Tracey Keluskey, Ryan Powell, Josh Sanderson, Jim Quinlan, Kelly Hall. Most of those guys have been all-stars. Sanderson scored 6 goals this year against Minnesota. Why is it so incredible that he scored 6 goals in a game? That is not that unlikely in the small sample of one game. If he can average that over the course of the year, then that is incredible.
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