Walsh and Castagna nominated for Hobey Baker

Started by stereax, January 21, 2026, 04:33:12 PM

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Beeeej

Quote from: Trotsky on February 26, 2026, 02:38:51 AMDoes the fan vote count for anything?

(It shouldn't.)

I don't have the patience to look up this year's exact rules, but in the past it's been something like, "Each of the 63 head coaches get a vote and the aggregate of the fan vote counts as the 64th vote," which means this kind of upvoting is an awful lot of effort for not a lot of payoff. The main payoff is for the NCAA and college hockey in general, which gets more buzz, clicks, and eyeballs.
Beeeej, Esq.

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RichH

Quote from: Trotsky on February 26, 2026, 02:38:51 AMDoes the fan vote count for anything?

(It shouldn't.)

It counts for a tiny amount of data mining for the NC$$

ugarte

Quote from: Trotsky on February 26, 2026, 02:38:51 AMDoes the fan vote count for anything?

(It shouldn't.)
IIRC the collective fan vote counts for one vote or something like that?

adamw

Quote from: RichH on February 26, 2026, 10:18:50 AM
Quote from: Trotsky on February 26, 2026, 02:38:51 AMDoes the fan vote count for anything?

(It shouldn't.)

It counts for a tiny amount of data mining for the NC$$

pedantic correction - data mining for the Hobey Committee, which has no connection with the NCAA on this.

And as BeeeEj said, it counts very little - and that's only towards determining the final 10. Among the final 10, it has no bearing.

So basically - nope. You are all just dupes for click farming.
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Chris H82

Quote from: adamw on February 27, 2026, 11:47:36 PM
Quote from: RichH on February 26, 2026, 10:18:50 AM
Quote from: Trotsky on February 26, 2026, 02:38:51 AMDoes the fan vote count for anything?

(It shouldn't.)

It counts for a tiny amount of data mining for the NC$$

pedantic correction - data mining for the Hobey Committee, which has no connection with the NCAA on this.

And as BeeeEj said, it counts very little - and that's only towards determining the final 10. Among the final 10, it has no bearing.

So basically - nope. You are all just dupes for click farming.

So, not even worth doing the text vote?  There are other criteria being used to determine the top 10 besides the fan vote?
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adamw

Quote from: Chris H82 on February 28, 2026, 12:06:55 AM
Quote from: adamw on February 27, 2026, 11:47:36 PM
Quote from: RichH on February 26, 2026, 10:18:50 AM
Quote from: Trotsky on February 26, 2026, 02:38:51 AMDoes the fan vote count for anything?

(It shouldn't.)

It counts for a tiny amount of data mining for the NC$$

pedantic correction - data mining for the Hobey Committee, which has no connection with the NCAA on this.

And as BeeeEj said, it counts very little - and that's only towards determining the final 10. Among the final 10, it has no bearing.

So basically - nope. You are all just dupes for click farming.

So, not even worth doing the text vote?  There are other criteria being used to determine the top 10 besides the fan vote?

The Top 10 is basically entirely determined by a vote of all head coaches.
College Hockey News: http://www.collegehockeynews.com

Beeeej

Quote from: adamw on February 27, 2026, 11:47:36 PMAnd as BeeeEj said, it counts very little - and that's only towards determining the final 10. Among the final 10, it has no bearing.

The fourth E is silent.
Beeeej, Esq.

"Cornell isn't an organization.  It's a loose affiliation of independent fiefdoms united by a common hockey team."
   - Steve Worona

Jeff Hopkins '82

Quote from: Beeeej on March 01, 2026, 08:52:44 AM
Quote from: adamw on February 27, 2026, 11:47:36 PMAnd as BeeeEj said, it counts very little - and that's only towards determining the final 10. Among the final 10, it has no bearing.

The fourth E is silent.

It may look like "Luxury Yacht" but it's pronounced "throat warbler mangrove".

Trotsky

Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on March 01, 2026, 02:30:48 PM
Quote from: Beeeej on March 01, 2026, 08:52:44 AM
Quote from: adamw on February 27, 2026, 11:47:36 PMAnd as BeeeEj said, it counts very little - and that's only towards determining the final 10. Among the final 10, it has no bearing.

The fourth E is silent.

It may look like "Luxury Yacht" but it's pronounced "throat warbler mangrove".
You're a very silly man, and I'm not going to interview you any more.