NEW PAGE CREATED!

Ladies and Gents,

There is a new page for you to check out, The 2010 Coach Rankings.  These rankings don't reflect the standings, but rather are a way to dig inside of the stats to determine who the strongest teams are.  We do so by ranking how many points they are scoring, their depth, etc.

CHECK OUT THE PAGE IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER!

Here are descriptions of the 5 Categories that teams/coaches were ranked in:

1. Points Per Game:  This is exactly what it looks like, the amount of points per game each team has scored thus far.  We can't control the schedule, so points are a great way to look at a team.  For instance, the Soup Can put up 134.5 pts this week, and lost. They put up huge points, but got unlucky with the schedule, having to play the top scoring team of the week.

2. Optimal Lineup Points Per Game:  This is a measure of what each team would have scored with their highest point getters in.  It gives us a way of looking at depth, but in a way of points that would actually matter.  For instance, having a running back on your bench score 12 points is worthless if your other two scored more.  SO for this stat, I looked at benches and if a WR on the bench had more than one in the starting lineup (I call these "usable bench points"), they factored in to the Optimal Score.  I.E. Bench WR scores 7, the two starters score 2 pts and 10 pts.  I would drop the 2pts and put in the 7pt, in order to see what each team was scoring with their perfect lineup.

3. Total Bench Points: Again, it is exactly what it looks like.  It is the total amount of points each team has scored on the bench.  It shows depth as well, however is a bit deceiving.  For instance, Fluffernutter has been stashing 2 suspended players on the bench.  A smart move now that they are back, but they put up 0 points all season.  So just because a team has more bench points, they aren't necessarily the deepest team.

4. Percentage of Optimal Points Scored:  This is a way to judge how well each coach is doing at putting the best possible lineup in each week.  It doesn't account for how many points each team is putting up...rather it ranks the coaches on their decision making.  The higher percentage, the lower amount of points that coach leaves on the bench.  For example, the Hurricanes have put up 522.5 points.  The Optimal points they could have scored is 544.  So, Jeff has an efficiency of 96.05%.

5. Playoff Seed: This is the actual playoff seeds as of this moment according to  ESPN.com.

To find the COACH RANKINGS, each team was ranked in each category and then we took the average ranking to determine the standings.