^ No, no, no. Official media rankings are meaningless. Fan projections are infinitely valuable.
Anyone know off the top of their heads how Gottfried’s teams have finished compared to how they were projected? It seems they typically finish higher. On the one hand, I understand why you would pick a team like State to finish in the middle at the highest – they lost a big part of their team. However, why are they not given the benefit of the doubt as others as far as how the new players will contribute? In other words, if they consistently bring in new players who are able to make up for the lost production and you know they have a good player or two coming in, why not factor that in and bump them up a bit? Clearly that is factored into the decision of other teams. But, since media projections are meaningless, who cares anyway. Certainly not me.
