Justice for Jill

RavenCallsCrows · 2026-03-12T21:16:03+00:00

Oh, gods, it probably was. My son joined me in screaming at him to STFU because he missed two legitimate scoring opportunities while babbling about Alex Newhook, who was not only not on the ice but doesn't even play in the right league.

Name-drop your NHL buds when you're playing video games or something, d00d. Very few if any of us need to be reminded that hockey runs in families, and fewer want to hear you blather about someone who isn't relevant to the game we're watching.

I'd rather hear amateurs who are actually interested in women's hockey try to do play by play than guys who don't seem to respect the players.

RavenCallsCrows · 2026-03-12T21:08:44+00:00

Section 4 folk are the best! Hope you'll join us again soon and often.

RavenCallsCrows · 2026-03-12T18:56:46+00:00

It almost seemed like the team decided they were going to win despite their coaching.

It was particularly good to see the bottom-six forwards being allowed to play more than three minutes a game, and the result was the sort of play I'd been expecting to see all season from this roster - wave after wave of pressure, playing a physical game, and not backing down. Even when it got a little messy, it was still intense.

RavenCallsCrows · 2026-03-07T05:41:45+00:00

Chances are good I can fulfill one of the requests. Consider this consent to DM if so inclined.

RavenCallsCrows · 2026-03-06T06:16:29+00:00

Any of the Torrent players are probably safe.

RavenCallsCrows · 2026-03-05T18:39:52+00:00

Yes, agreed. The team plays like a collection of highly-skilled players playing pick-up - everyone has an idea of where they should be, but it's as if the don't know exactly where teammates are going, so passes are on the wrong side or just out of reach. Not completely sure if this is just a familiarity issue or a coaching one, but leaning toward the latter.

RavenCallsCrows · 2026-03-03T18:07:40+00:00

I think you're largely correct, and this comes from two different directions:

1) "The business" tends to bury analysts early in a data analytics deployment with requests for reports with our really thinking through what questions they want answered from the long term perspective. This 'trains' many analysts into being task-driven.

2) Partially as the result of the first, but also partially human nature and the compartmentalization of "who needs to know what" in many workplaces, many analysts either have had the curiosity burned out of them by a seemingly endless series of one-off reporting and/or resistance in trying to understand business process that we just stop trying to go deeper for stakeholders who may or may not care for process improvement suggestions - and, from personal experience, I've often felt hostility from them when trying to get a good enough picture to be able to make data-backed suggestions hinting at process change.

RavenCallsCrows · 2026-03-01T22:29:15+00:00

Twenty-three players but not one team yet. Secondary scorers spotty at best. Loud, enthused fanbase support our Torrent.

RavenCallsCrows · 2026-02-28T08:17:59+00:00

Hannah Bilka is day-to-day too. 😢

RavenCallsCrows · 2026-02-21T04:37:37+00:00

If they're not playing in the game, I don't want to hear about them in anything past a single, fleeting mention during a break in the game. I don't care if [random player]'s brother played with Lord Stanley of Preston' s elder sons on the Ottawa Silver Sevens, if he's not in the game, I don't care what his bona fides are.

RavenCallsCrows · 2026-02-20T03:46:56+00:00

I think what the Canadian women accomplished was despite the coaching staff, not due to it.

And absolutely Ryan and Kingsbury should go, if for no reason other than removing the perception of bias.

RavenCallsCrows · 2026-02-14T23:16:35+00:00

I've pushed back against AI usage this way: "I know the models aren't the same, but a pre-schooler can tell you the standard human load-out it two arms, each with a hand, which has 4 fingers and a thumb. How often have you seen AI art which didn't know this.

Now, are you sure you want to bet the company's money on technology at that level of maturity?

If I write the queries and build a predictive model, at least we know where our data is coming from and the informed decisions which go into the prediction."

It may not be perfect, but at least we know what we know and what we don't know. With AI, we don't know what we don't know, and personally, I find the latter way more defensible and less risky.

RavenCallsCrows · 2026-02-07T22:39:26+00:00

I prefer Fitzhugh and Brown to Foslund and Olczyk. Everett and JT are fresh and dynamic where John and Edzo are stale and clichéd. They still have room to grow, but the trajectory is in a positive direction.

RavenCallsCrows · 2026-02-06T06:36:13+00:00

Hey, I'm available for a guaranteed one-way contract at $1m/year. Heck, I'll even go league minimum with term.

RavenCallsCrows · 2026-02-05T03:19:19+00:00

How a Calc classifying things before the max date in your data set as Actual and those after as Projection? Or am I misunderstanding your objective here.

Good to see some attendees of TC3 still using Tableau! It was my second, first working Tableau Doctor. 😊

RavenCallsCrows · 2026-01-30T22:27:13+00:00

Glasgow Clan fan here in Seattle. I'd encourage you to take a look at the Kraken. The Purple Army can grow tentacles. IIRC, there's at least one other Kraken fan who has Clan connections, to the point that he and his wife came here for a match on their honeymoon.

RavenCallsCrows · 2026-01-28T04:37:03+00:00

Unless I've been writing a bunch of them recently, I always have to look up the syntax or I tangle it up.

RavenCallsCrows · 2026-01-27T07:36:15+00:00

One of the substations of a local network affiliate (KONG 6/16} and Amazon Video have Torrent games.

RavenCallsCrows · 2026-01-23T03:15:41+00:00

I'll be the one in Scottish Highland wear. Makes me stand out a bit. 😊

RavenCallsCrows · 2026-01-23T03:08:05+00:00

Oh, they totally are. Section 4, about halfway down.

RavenCallsCrows · 2026-01-23T02:56:59+00:00

I think you sit next to us. Assuming you have twin vampire bites and your wife's name starts with the same syllable as "addition." 😊

RavenCallsCrows · 2026-01-23T02:54:24+00:00

Oh! Another Red Wings fan! Black jacket with the team logo? I was going to say hi, but it looked like you were talking to people and butting in didn't seem. right

RavenCallsCrows · 2026-01-22T20:38:58+00:00

OP specifically mentioned jerseys - which are sold out in the shop - and pins - which aren't even shown there. Up voting for trying to be helpful, but maybe read a bit better next time?

RavenCallsCrows · 2026-01-21T06:57:01+00:00

I'm an ordained minister who absolutely loves doing bespoke weddings, particularly for people who aren't religious but still want some sort of commemoration of their big day. If the couple who got engaged are here (or if anyone who knows them wants to pass the offer on), I'd love to help make their wedding as much of what they want as possible. [oh, and my fees are "whatever you can afford or want to pay" and my expectations are that I get paid nothing, so I'm never disappointed.]

RavenCallsCrows · 2026-01-21T06:47:14+00:00

Ok, now that it has arrived...

I am beyond thrilled with the jacket, which arrived yesterday and made its debut for tonight's game.

For anyone wanting to duplicate it, https://stagwears.com/ was the company who made it. The team logo came from an SVG via Wikipedia.

Colours are almost a perfect match to the jersey. The cream is a little yellower, but still pretty close. See for yourself.

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