2011 Team Rankings:
#9 Molly Coomer (281.9 points) – This is the first time Molly has entered the top-10. Her points put her there, but first-round exits are killers in these rankings. Her 2011 was officially the third greatest by a non-championship team, behind 2000 Rick and 2010 Robio.
#18 Rob Masterson (261.4 points) – This is the highest season ever produced by Masterson. In fact, the only thing that separates him from Molly was the top-seed and the scoring title (each are 10 bonus points). Also like Molly, his first-round exit kept him out of the top-10.
#20 Richard Burrier (255.8 points) – Burrier had his second best season ever (his 2003 season is currently the 11th best all-time). However, this was the first time Burrier has entered the top-80 since his 2005 season.
#23 Bob Castrone (251.3 points) – The league champion could only manage 4th best season of the 2011. Even more, this was only Bob’s fourth best season. He has seasons ranked #12 (2010), #14 (2004) and #19 (2009). This is actually the lowest of Bob’s championships, but there are still three other championship seasons sitting below this one.
#40 Griff Coomer (228.9 points) – Six of Griff’s 13 seasons are currently in the top-40. That’s called impressive. Still, his last two are 58th and 40th, which seems low when you consider he’s won eight and nine games, scoring over 1,380 in both seasons. The problem of course is that he’s been knocked out of the first-round in both seasons.
#44 Matt Neatock (221.2 points) – Considering all the talent Matt had, this ranking has to feel disappointing. Still, this putts Matt’s 2011 in the top thirty-three percent of the league, which is pretty solid.
#48 Colby Hall (218.6 points) – Speaking of the top-33 percent, it just goes to show how great this season was when you consider seven teams (with Colby’s being the last) to finish in the top-50 out of 152 seasons in this league.
#74 Don Vozzola (199.9 points) – A large gap between Colby (#48) and Don (#74). Don was the worst of the eight playoff teams. However, the trip to the semis sneaks him into the top-half of these rankings.
#91 Robio Murray (174.9 points) – This was my third worst season ever. In fact, I only have four of my 13 seasons sitting outside the top-50.
#96 Rich Calderon (168.2 points) – Based on wins and loses, this was Calderon’s worst season, but based on these rankings, this was his second worst season. His worst showing is #104 in 2006.
#123 Jeff Greenblatt (143.1 points) – In four seasons riding solo, Jeff has one season in the top-50 (His 2009 is ranked #47), while the rest are all sitting #120 or below.
#139 Eric Vozzola (122.6 points) – Considering Eric won just one game all season long, being ranked #139 isn’t too bad. The only other 1-12 team (David in 2006) is the fourth worst team in league history (#149).
The Formula
Prior to the 2009 season, I had already decided I was going to do some tweaking to how I ranked each and every season. I basically wanted to give more props to playoff success. Prior to 2009, I rewarded playoff teams 10 points for getting in, 10 more for winning a game and a bonus 20 for winning the title. I made this change, but I still was not satisfied. It is clear that Matt’s 2009 season was the best and should be ranked at the top. Yet, despite my changes, I could only get Matt up to No 2. The problem was I was giving to big a bonus to “weekly high scores.” I was giving each high score +5 points. Too much. I switched it to +2 points. Confused? You should be.
POINTS: The most important thing in my book is scoring…points are more important than wins. So I take your total points and divide it by 10 (Burrier scored 1,410 in 2003, so he got 141 points). If you earn the scoring title, you get ten bonus points.
WIN-LOSS: In a perfect world, I would take your wins and multiple them by 10. However, because we switched from a 14-game schedule to 13 games, it would be an unfair advantage to former teams. So instead, I take your winning percentage and I multiply it by 100 (Griff went 8-6 in 2005, thus his winning percentage was .615, so he ended up with 61.5 points. As a bonus, I reward +10 points for earning the top seed.
DIVISION: Since we are eliminating divisions in 2012, I am factoring out divisional records and divisional titles. How past teams did in divisions doesn’t matter any more.
HIGH’S & LOW’S: To help separate the teams, I offer rewards for the little things and knock points off for the little naughty things. You get +2 for every weekly high score and -2 for every weekly low score. In 2009, Bob had three high scores and one low score, so he got four bonus points.
1,500 & 1,000 POINTS: Scoring over 1,500 is a solid mark, while failing to hit 1,000 makes you a loser (usually). So if you score 1,500 or more in a game, you get +2 points. If you fail to hit 1,000, you lose -2 points. However, I also give you another bonus point if you hit 1,500 in the playoffs, but lose another point if you fail to hit 1,000 in the post-season. In 2002, I got ten 1,500-pt games (three were in the post-season) and two low scores, so I got 23 bonus points for the 1,500, but lost four for the games below 1,000.
TOP HALF: One last bonus prize…I reward you for beating the best of the best. I take your record against the top-six (based on points) in the league. If you win two more games than you lose, you get two points. If you go 6-2 against the elite, you get +4 points. Molly went 5-2 in 2002 against the elite, so she got three points. However, if you don’t do well, I do not punish you. So when Don in 2001 went 1-6, he just got zero.
PLAYOFF POINTS: Basically what I’ve done to increase the importance of the post-season, I take what you scored in the post-season and divide it by 10. So if you lose in the first round, but score well, you’ll get more points if you score shit. Masterson scored 1,709 in a first-round loss this season. He got 17.9 for this, while Eric also lost, but he got 10.3 (for scoring 1,029). So that’s it. If you go to the semis, you get two weeks worth of points and if you go to the finals, you get three weeks worth of points. Lastly, if you win it all, you still get that 20-point bonus.
THE CATEGORIES ARE: Record (Regular Season Record), PPG (Regular Season Points), Div. (Divisional Record), Post (Playoff record), POP (Playoff Points), Hi’s (Weekly High Scores), Low’s (Weekly low scores), Top (Record against the top-six that season), 1,500+ (Games scored over 1,500) and 999-0 (Games scored below 1,000).
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