05-05-2022, 07:05 PM
(05-05-2022, 06:06 PM)George Cantstandya Wrote: I don't know that is a projection of success because many teams in the top half of penalties have had good seasons and many teams in the bottom half of penalties have had bad seasons. But I do agree reducing penalties obviously doesn't hurt. Anyway, that's sort of an interesting stat to look at.
Just commenting on this portion because I have looked into it and found it interesting. Penalties have essentially zero correlation with team success. I looked at this in intervals of ten years, five years and three years but I was unable to find anything that suggested that penalties matter much at all. I expected to find a minor correlation to success I.E. less penalties means slightly more wins. I guess good teams are good enough to overcome the penalties they incur and bad teams are just bad, regardless.
I do like seeing less penalties, though, so I will take whatever edge I can get.
