03-12-2017, 06:44 PM
And I thought I was a negative Nellie....
The team was 13-35 last year. I see no way to change that.
If you were the Stanford coach & doing the Stanford scheduling for this year, FROM BEFORE THE YEAR STARTED. Do you want a top-20 or even top-40 SoS, without knowing you'd be able to pull together to get a team that would even have a 50-50 record against them?
Suppose you're the coach of a potential OoC opponent with a top team when Stanford calls to schedule a game. Would you want to have Stanford's 2017 W-L record in the calculation of your team's RPI? Why, even if they (Stanford) managed to put together a reasonable OoC record, say, 16-10, what are their chances to have a decent record when your RPI is calculated at the end of the year?
Suppose you're a coach on another team in the PAC-12. Would you want Stanford to have maybe a 10-16 OoC record against stronger opponents, or a 16-10 record against weaker opponents? The former will hurt the RPI of every other team in the conference more than the latter.
Superman can leap a tall building in a single bound. Everyone else has to take steps to get there.
If the team can have a good season against the PAC-12, then they can look forward to next year when things will be more Stanford-like and presumably a better SoS.
The team was 13-35 last year. I see no way to change that.
If you were the Stanford coach & doing the Stanford scheduling for this year, FROM BEFORE THE YEAR STARTED. Do you want a top-20 or even top-40 SoS, without knowing you'd be able to pull together to get a team that would even have a 50-50 record against them?
Suppose you're the coach of a potential OoC opponent with a top team when Stanford calls to schedule a game. Would you want to have Stanford's 2017 W-L record in the calculation of your team's RPI? Why, even if they (Stanford) managed to put together a reasonable OoC record, say, 16-10, what are their chances to have a decent record when your RPI is calculated at the end of the year?
Suppose you're a coach on another team in the PAC-12. Would you want Stanford to have maybe a 10-16 OoC record against stronger opponents, or a 16-10 record against weaker opponents? The former will hurt the RPI of every other team in the conference more than the latter.
Superman can leap a tall building in a single bound. Everyone else has to take steps to get there.
If the team can have a good season against the PAC-12, then they can look forward to next year when things will be more Stanford-like and presumably a better SoS.