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Originally Posted by mmm
far be it from me to say that brennan sucks. the point is that stats bely many important factors such as the strength of opponents played, how well a player's abilities compliment a given coach's strategy and the skills of a player's teammates. i'm not saying that reid is a bad player, either, i'm just saying that one can rely too heavily on numbers when judging a player's ability... the data can sometimes make for incorrect conclusions.
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When comparing two players on the same team, those numbers can be extremely reliable since almost all the variables you just described are the same.