Posted by Benis on 7/7/2017 3:43:00 PM (view original):
Thanks for proving my point PK.
TJ's program is very unsuccessful and Tennessee's team is very successful. Tennessee gets a Very Bad for rebuild and therefore TJ's team should be Very Good, not freaking neutral. They're success is the inverse of each other. What kind of dummy backwards ****** designed this?
Imagine if the distance preference worked this way. A recruit in NYC wants to play Close to Home. Hawaii shows up as Very Bad but St John's only shows up as neutral. Would that make sense to anyone? No, of course it wouldn't, because you likely have a functioning brain.
There is no rational expectation that their standings for the success preference be inverse. You have stuck in your head that the preference means something it doesn't mean. It's not a linear, inverse relationship like distance. It's more nuanced, like play style. Having the preferences work differently along different parameters makes the setup more intelligent, not less.
Essentially, the way it's set up means that it's easier for lower division teams to get a better relative credit modifier for the wants rebuild preference; and it's easier for high baseline prestige teams to get a better relative modifier credit for the wants success preference. That's it. This limits the amount of sway the single preference can have in an intra-division battle.