tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382627155334187157.post2410064850181950273..comments2010-10-25T15:14:12.890-04:00Comments on Bleeding All Blue: My Top 18 New York Rangers Prospects: Who, Where, Why, Maybe Even When,
How They Hit BroadwayMichael Gleichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852026400160478929noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382627155334187157.post-38821525492248420742010-10-17T19:52:09.000-04:002010-10-17T19:52:09.000-04:00Thanks a lot Mike for the kind words but your list...Thanks a lot Mike for the kind words but your list is also points out why these kinds of ranking lists are unfair to use. <br><br>Prospects are all at differing stages of their development so there really is no fair and objective way to view a prospect who is playing in Hartford with someone who is playing in the CHL or measure someone who is playing in the CHL vs someone in the NCAAs.<br><br>Even harder is to say this prospect is better because............. a prospect who has been drafted in 2010 does not have the same tools that one drafted in 2008. The teaching, the speed and the level of opposition changes with each move up the ladder. <br><br>Perhaps a list that takes into account the level of competition one plays in, the envoirnment he comes from and his time as a Ranger prospect would be a more accurate listing of which prospect is better. <br><br>Or maybe one that takes into account how importance his potential is to the future of the Rangers.<br><br>But that is just me.Jesshttp://theprospectpark.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382627155334187157.post-6382253335259122612010-10-17T22:33:57.000-04:002010-10-17T22:33:57.000-04:00On the kind words, no thanks are required because ...On the kind words, no thanks are required because it was not intended to be kind just an honest assessment of how I see things while respecting the time and effort you put into your craft to which I think more respect is deserved.<br><br>The rest of your post speaks to why what I said is true because the honest assessment of the flaws you see in the methodology is the same honest assessment I expect when I either ask you a question about a prospect or read your reviews of their play.<br><br>The ranking system felt natural or maybe customary is more accurate because things can feel easier to understand when there is an "order" to them. I understand and share your concerns about how different leagues, years and points of development probably make any such list in a sense a fool's errand. In my attempt at the list I tried to factor in many of those things, some possibly better than others, though potential/upside garnered more mental focus unless it was a close call and then proximity to the "bigs." <br><br>One clarifying I wish I had made was to say that whatever the rankings were it was in no way a guide to the actual impact a player might have down the line for the Rangers. I am brought to think about the highly thought of guys who busted and then guys like Girardi who never makes a list, but has shown his value where it matters most. <br><br>Each player on or not talked about has their strengths and weaknesses as does the club they play on and the ones they will advance to. It is why some players are rushed to fill a need on a club, while others are allowed to develop longer or even blocked if the need is not there. It is also the different strengths and the voids they could potentially fill on the club that makes comparing them directly difficult because it leads to a subjective assessment of which need is greater.<br><br>Maybe a grouping system based on strengths without numerical rankings would be better or maybe scrapping that idea altogether now that an overview understanding of players "in the system" exists what should follow in the future would be individual profiles that see where a player is, where they have come from in development, where they still have to get better and what that might say about where they could end up.<br><br>Thanks for the perspective, appreciated as always.Michael Gleichhttp://bleedingallblue.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com