Comments for The O’Reilly Factor at http://hockey.dobbersports.com , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://hockey.dobbersports.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:02:40 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/darryl-dobbs/2323-the-oreilly-factor#comment-2195 the penners bother me a lot more than the o'reilly's. each year, i try and do better than the last, when it comes to over-coming my prejudices. my prejudices lead to blind-spots and lazy analysis, which leads to missed opportunity. " he's lazy, slow, full of beer, and his wallet is too fat. " i have to continually remind myself to remain fluid in my assessment of a player's potential. circumstances change for players and that directly effects their performance. time in the league ( the forth season beak-out for forwards ), coaching changes, off-season fitness, a power-skating program. even the maturing of line-mates and/or team-mates. however, every year, i miss players that emerge and become dominant, because i've already got them 'pegged'. i've already made up my mind. a costly strategic error which repeats. gotta learn to force myself, in all situations, to ask, " is this really player A ?", or just a slot i've fit him into because i don't want to do all the work required to reassess him. even though, like penner, lots has changed since i 'made up my mind' about him last year. - gregory churchill Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:26:48 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/darryl-dobbs/2323-the-oreilly-factor#comment-2193 Peverley seems to be a guy that nobody wants to admit he's for real either. - Sam Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:02:34 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/darryl-dobbs/2323-the-oreilly-factor#comment-2192 I think it is easy to overestimate the impact a rookie will make. There are so many factors that come into play: injuries, ice-time, fatigue, power-play time, etc. You look at that list and it is easy to project that 15 players will get over 50 points (based on pts/gp). Not going to happen. Last year only two made it to 50 pts (Ryan and Versteeg) and remember how many rookies were pegged for success ahead of those two? Those flickers of brilliance taunted and made poolies jump. I picked Turris thinking Phoenix was so starved for talent he'd get that unusual rookie shot at full-season success. Erm, wrong. I am betting only two will make it over 50 again. But which two? Tavares I suppose is safe for 55 or so. Even for keeper leagues, the risk that a few of these will fall off the map is too great. Wait for more confirmation; they still have to prove something. - Rob Budde Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:49:26 +0100