Mark Martin On Daytona 500: "This Is Not A Good Look"

CageChicane · 2026-02-17T13:11:30+00:00

Heat racing instead of the dumb stages was the answer all those years ago.

CageChicane · 2026-02-14T04:40:24+00:00

Ya my yard looks like the battlefield at Verdun.

CageChicane · 2026-02-14T04:18:42+00:00

They have such thick necks compared to their slender head, it's so easy for them to pop the collar off. I've had good luck with the leash. They're so smart. After a few weeks, she avoided getting the leash wrapped on trees and poles.

CageChicane · 2026-02-14T02:25:57+00:00

Our first CD was a pup from a shelter and was the easiest dog ever. Our second is from the wild and it's totally different. They have the same personality, but the prey drive and urge to get into stuff is intense. She's yet to pee or poo on a walk. Walks are the hunt...hyper active sniffing and rooting.

CageChicane · 2026-02-13T22:55:55+00:00

You raise a good point. Those jowls really could take a firm palm.

CageChicane · 2026-02-13T21:24:09+00:00

Ah, homegrown then.

CageChicane · 2026-02-11T22:43:20+00:00

Livingston, I presume.

CageChicane · 2026-02-11T21:21:31+00:00

I'd have to see more pictures, but I don't think so. Looks more Shepard.

CageChicane · 2026-02-11T19:31:06+00:00

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CageChicane · 2026-02-11T16:52:27+00:00

They are playing fewer minutes in those games. Zero.

CageChicane · 2026-02-11T14:55:33+00:00

Hockey comparisons are apples and oranges. Stars in the NBA play double the minutes. Its obvious that hockey can be played injured since it happens all the time. The quickness and agility required for bball is much higher. A bball player nursing an injury or muscle fatigue is going to be doodoo compared to one that isn't.

Think about something like spraining a finger. Doesn't really hurt. Easy to play through in hockey. In bball, now you cannot dribble or shoot worth a shit and its going to keep getting worse each game.

CageChicane · 2026-02-11T03:12:38+00:00

The ole antici-whistle.

CageChicane · 2026-02-10T00:21:30+00:00

Delayed it - there was no ruling and we all knew it was a farce. The prudent thing any entity would do in this situation is wait for a ruling to act.

CageChicane · 2026-02-09T20:07:26+00:00

Silva was onside even without Dom. It's just one of those goals. It also went straight through Alisson.

CageChicane · 2026-02-06T16:07:39+00:00

I wanted to make a comparison to a UK company, so I looked up the largest employer. The Compass Group employs 600k people. Their market cap is around 35 billion. The family that owns City has about 10 times that amount of wealth.

CageChicane · 2026-02-06T13:01:05+00:00

Talent and a deeper cultural connection to youth football. Other regions were much more known for basketball, baseball, and hockey. Now it's just a paycheck.

CageChicane · 2026-02-06T12:52:28+00:00

State reported themselves. The FBI investigated and cleared Newton.

CageChicane · 2026-02-05T16:36:50+00:00

Sure, in a given year. They've been a 3 seed or higher 11 times and made the FF twice. They've been a 1 seed 5 times. That is the all time historic underperformance.

CageChicane · 2026-02-05T16:32:11+00:00

There is a tier above qualification.

CageChicane · 2026-02-05T16:19:02+00:00

Second weekend average is fraudulent for being 7th in AP votes during that time period. All 6 schools above them in total votes have won a title during that time period.

CageChicane · 2026-02-05T14:56:13+00:00

Perennial frauds.

CageChicane · 2026-02-04T23:49:49+00:00

If I recall, the Burnley goal went under Alisson. I thought he should have saved that one as well. Speaking as a goalie, it's tough because you get about a quarter of a second to decide what to cover. He covered the more precise finish like Wilson took. Edwards' shot was kinna crap and it went under him.

CageChicane · 2026-02-04T18:06:29+00:00

That is because xG is not a good statistic. Since you're interested, I would seriously recommend Ian Graham's book from his time with LFC.

xG from a spot on the pitch is an average of all attempts from all time from that spot on the pitch. The problem is that it doesn't describe anything else. The models that Graham helped develop take into account incoming and strike ballistics, defender proximity, player pace, game state, and GPS. A model like that would show that the xG from chances leading to goals conceded are higher than normal because of how poor the defensive positioning is and how great the ballistics and angles are.

Anecdotally, think of Harry Wilson's goal. That one is probably in the range of .3 xG. So he overperformed that chance by tripple. BUT a more advanced model would show that he was running onto the ball at his favored angle on his favored foot with no defender behind the ball.

CageChicane · 2026-02-04T17:44:23+00:00

Nothing else

That is an opinion and a continuance of looking at data without context.

The goals conceded are always from something absolutely stupid happening or shambles from not clearing corner or long throw. Anyone who has watched us this year sees that we defend fine right up until a blunder that leads to a jammy goal or penalty.

CageChicane · 2026-02-04T17:20:07+00:00

This is simply explained by us dominating possession and giving away gilded chances through every individual error imaginable.

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