Poll: Are HN users interested in sports analytics?

If HN users are interested in it, they will vote up the stories. If not, they won't.

While I admit this is a personal failure, I too often find the articles (especially by guys like Hollinger) obnoxious. They love to tout simple stat concepts (regression to the mean! sample size!) as keen statistical insight. Another example is the PER metric: it is a simple weighted average of multiple stat categories but the author regards it as the authority by which all players should be measured.

Additionally, nba stat analysts believe stats tell the entire story. The nba right now, more than any other sport, in my opinion, is the sport which can least be described by statistics. Reading one of their articles, however, would leave you wondering why they even bother playing the games.

Edit: clarity.

Statsheet.com in my opinion is the best sports stats site out there.

I'm working on an interesting project in this space and would love to talk to more data-oriented sports fans.

gmail me at burntreedown@...

So no, at least not analytics for sports that don't really exist outside the US. Data on Cycling or Motorsport would interest me.

Regarding the math aspect - I think prediction of performance or how certain teams/coaches affect different types of athletes is very interesting.