Quote: Originally Posted By oldresorter on 4/07/2008
acn - I remember seeing that in the chat, sometimes, admin says stuff with his developer hat off and his coaches hat on, I considered that comment to be one of those, my money is on the 90 lp / 1 per player over the 80 lp / 30 PER, at least right now.
I have all d1 teams (so I can't say about d3 anymore), I looked real quickly, my gut told me my low PER players were at least as good of FG% players as my high ones. I will start watching it closer for a while, as I think it is a great topic.
As magic points out, the secondary affects like fewer to's, put backs, etc, would take some time to study.
And based on coaching records - my money would certainly be on your interpretation of things. :)
That is also what I am generally seeing...from my UCLA team, comparing Downs (97/11 - 44%FG) and Schweiger (80/38 - 42%FG), Downs has been a little better over their 1st 2 seasons (both came in w/ F IQs in motion), despite Downs being a starter and facing stronger competition. The comparasion is less effective on my St. Joe's team because of IQ differences, but the low PE posts are vastly outperforming Ritchie.
Perhaps there are secondary benefits - the C playing with Schweiger sees less help defense in the post, less congestion in the lane makes it easier for my SF/SG/PG to drive, etc. I think the secondary benefits are where the biggest benefits may lie, but they are extremely difficult to test for.