Post by Marty Da Hungry Wolf on Mar 11, 2014 15:42:11 GMT -5
I've read the gnashing of teeth over to the RAL litterbox, and I'm happy to report the usual suspects have assumed their usual positions. I've come to the conclusion there are three main distinct groups of posters there: 1) Diehard NC State fans that DO compare and contrast everything under the sun to UNC, whether purely for entertainment value or not; 2) Diehard UNC fans that DO denigrate and belittle NC State and its teams, athletes, coaches, students, alumni, and anything and everything else remotely connected to NC State in any way; and 3) Remaining fans (whether of NC State, UNC, or another school's teams) that try to carry on some semblance of rational, adult, discourse over events as they would relate to local intercollegiate athletics.
In my OBJECTIVE opinion, given that the name of the award is the "PLAYER OF THE YEAR", it would appear that the award should go to THE player who had the best YEAR and, given that not only are conference games more important but more numerous than non-conference games one could concede that a player's performance in conference games might carry more weight than his performance in non-conference games. Also, given that statistics and rankings within various statistical categories is the primary measurement of a player's performance then an argument could be made that the award really does speak to the player who had the best statistical season.
Nowhere does any part of the name of the award specify that the award shall only go to a player not on a particular fan/voter's least favorite team nor on NC State's team should the first exclusionary condition not apply to NC State, nor that the winning of the Player of the Year award is predicated on that player's team achieving any particular set minimum number of wins or any perception of "relevance" in the minds of people so inclined. If there was ever any doubt as to what this award constituted, that doubt should have been erased last year when the ACC Player of the Year was Erick Green of Virginia Tech. The Hokies finished 13-19 (4-14 ACC, 12th {last} place). Their final game last season was a loss in the ACC tournament. They had virtually no postseason play, and no real national exposure to speak of. Yet Erick Green was the leading scorer in the nation and he most likely was worth at least a handful of wins that Virginia Tech wouldn't have had otherwise. While there was no real amount of outrage over this decision last season it certainly seemed as if a disaster of biblical proportions was going to befall the Earth if an NC State player was even seriously considered for this award this season. Fortunately, integrity and fairness seems to have carried the day.
Congratulations to T.J. Warren of NC State, the 2014 ACC Mens Basketball Player of the Year.
In my OBJECTIVE opinion, given that the name of the award is the "PLAYER OF THE YEAR", it would appear that the award should go to THE player who had the best YEAR and, given that not only are conference games more important but more numerous than non-conference games one could concede that a player's performance in conference games might carry more weight than his performance in non-conference games. Also, given that statistics and rankings within various statistical categories is the primary measurement of a player's performance then an argument could be made that the award really does speak to the player who had the best statistical season.
Nowhere does any part of the name of the award specify that the award shall only go to a player not on a particular fan/voter's least favorite team nor on NC State's team should the first exclusionary condition not apply to NC State, nor that the winning of the Player of the Year award is predicated on that player's team achieving any particular set minimum number of wins or any perception of "relevance" in the minds of people so inclined. If there was ever any doubt as to what this award constituted, that doubt should have been erased last year when the ACC Player of the Year was Erick Green of Virginia Tech. The Hokies finished 13-19 (4-14 ACC, 12th {last} place). Their final game last season was a loss in the ACC tournament. They had virtually no postseason play, and no real national exposure to speak of. Yet Erick Green was the leading scorer in the nation and he most likely was worth at least a handful of wins that Virginia Tech wouldn't have had otherwise. While there was no real amount of outrage over this decision last season it certainly seemed as if a disaster of biblical proportions was going to befall the Earth if an NC State player was even seriously considered for this award this season. Fortunately, integrity and fairness seems to have carried the day.
Congratulations to T.J. Warren of NC State, the 2014 ACC Mens Basketball Player of the Year.
