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[QUOTE="blizz, post: 1424882, member: 4252"]
Just want to point out that this is in the context of analysis at a population level.  The article does a good job of explaining that there are plenty of errors at the individual level, how any one player scores on an evaluation is about as meaningful as a lottery ticket. But in the context of hundreds if not thousands of evaluations, more often than not they effectively predict the outcome. This is the same principle underlying actuarial science and fundamental analysis. You apply a set criteria to each instance and effectively score each instance, those that rate higher have a [I]historically [/I]higher rate of success.
I don't like it, I still believe that a number of other variables can best sheer ability.  Even more I hate the idea that all of this is predetermined, that it's as simple as the bigger, stronger, faster team is going to win. But I get the statistical feamework on this one and after reading the article I had a "yeah...duh!" moment.
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