Postby Spence » Sat Nov 03, 2007 8:38 am
Yeah I read it a while back. Actually, I remember not agreeing with the article. I liked the human polls better, now after spending a couple years doing a poll on this board I believe that it is impossible to be completely consistent or completely unbiased in the human polls. I knew people could just check their bias at the door, but I thought if you followed a consistent criteria that you could be fair. I know believe that you cannot be consistent in any criteria, you just have to list what you believe to be right. That doesn't mean you can't be honest in listing a poll, just not consistent. I know believe that the computer rankings, if done right, are important to the system. Even if they don't produce the results that I would like to see. I tend to rely on my eyes, but sometimes the eyes don't tell you everything. I know how to break down film and I know how to isolate on single players. Even doing that, which is all you can do to evaluate teams, you can't find out everything. Neither can the computers, but together they keep each other "thinking".
"History doesn't always repeat itself but it often rhymes." - Mark Twain