I agree that nothing would be wrong with it, don't know if I agree with the "nothing would happen" part though. Brian is the guy who has put this great emphasis on winning, and I think it would drive him nuts if somebody wins the championship this year with a goose egg in the win column.
But what if only one of the Chasers wins and therefore clinches the title before Homestead? We simply cannot have that. Or, what if no one wins? Then we'll have no chumpion!
Horse racing? Is this a Jeopardy question Ted? "what is horse racing"
You don't have to worry about it this year. Jeff Gordon has won races and he'll be your new champ.
He or Logano are the most deserving based on full year performance.You don't have to worry about it this year. Jeff Gordon has won races and he'll be your new champ.
ya'll anti chase guys like " what if 's " . here's one that oughta get ya fired up.
hms sent all 4 teams ta homestead ta test yesterday / today . yep ! ----all 4 !
#31 is only chaser that didn't go.
what if ? .... # 24 has dnf / etc next 2 races......doesn't make final 4.
but #31 does on points.....doesn't win homestead ......but beats other 3 - wins cup.........w/o testing there !
will he get dble whammy then ? "winless and didn't test * "
* gotta be cheatin ......everybody else tested there.
Newman's the only one still in chase not testing thereya'll anti chase guys like " what if 's " . here's one that oughta get ya fired up.
hms sent all 4 teams ta homestead ta test yesterday / today . yep ! ----all 4 !
#31 is only chaser that didn't go.
what if ? .... # 24 has dnf / etc next 2 races......doesn't make final 4.
but #31 does on points.....doesn't win homestead ......but beats other 3 - wins cup.........w/o testing there !
will he get dble whammy then ? "winless and didn't test * "
* gotta be cheatin ......everybody else tested there.
It seems bizarre that you could win a championship without actually winning any races. That just seems to go against the point of the sport - to complete the distance before everyone else.
The point of an individual race is to complete the distance before everyone else.
Reconciling the two, you should have a champion who has won at least a few races. Running back through 2005, every champion won at least five races which is very respectable.
ya'll anti chase guys like " what if 's " . here's one that oughta get ya fired up.
hms sent all 4 teams ta homestead ta test yesterday / today . yep ! ----all 4 !
#31 is only chaser that didn't go.
what if ? .... # 24 has dnf / etc next 2 races......doesn't make final 4.
but #31 does on points.....doesn't win homestead ......but beats other 3 - wins cup.........w/o testing there !
will he get dble whammy then ? "winless and didn't test * "
* gotta be cheatin ......everybody else tested there.
Getting Top-5s and Top-10s might not be as glamorous or exciting as winning a bunch of races, which is what most people remember, but that used to be how you won the big prize, the championship, which everyone remembers. I can't tell you who won the last ten races without having to look it up, but I can definitely tell you who won the last ten championships. Consistency will always be part of the game until King Brian finally decides to get rid of points entirely and truly makes it all about winning.
Getting Top-5s and Top-10s might not be as glamorous or exciting as winning a bunch of races, which is what most people remember, but that used to be how you won the big prize, the championship, which everyone remembers. I can't tell you who won the last ten races without having to look it up, but I can definitely tell you who won the last ten championships. Consistency will always be part of the game until King Brian finally decides to get rid of points entirely and truly makes it all about winning.
Don't get me wrong, ice cream sundaes are tasty and all, but I dunno, I like my meat and potatoes. I've always been like that. I was the weird NBA fan that liked great defense, where the final score would be something like 76-68, as opposed to the run and gun style where one team would score 70 points in a half but give up 68 points.
It really just comes down to your personal preference. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on this one.
I'm not against the idea of points as long as the scale is weighted towards winning and Top 5s. Imo, a championship is supposed to crown the best at something. Too often, in too many sports, it simply crowns a winner. If a guy's claim to fame in a particular season is that he finished in the Top 20 more than anyone else did, how has he performed better than everyone? Newman has had a good season but one with four Top 5s in thirty-three races is hardly championship-worthy, no? Even amongst winless drivers I think his season falls short of Kenseth's and Larson's.Getting Top-5s and Top-10s might not be as glamorous or exciting as winning a bunch of races, which is what most people remember, but that used to be how you won the big prize, the championship, which everyone remembers. I can't tell you who won the last ten races without having to look it up, but I can definitely tell you who won the last ten championships. Consistency will always be part of the game until King Brian finally decides to get rid of points entirely and truly makes it all about winning.
Don't get me wrong, ice cream sundaes are tasty and all, but I dunno, I like my meat and potatoes. I've always been like that. I was the weird NBA fan that liked great defense, where the final score would be something like 76-68, as opposed to the run and gun style where one team would score 70 points in a half but give up 68 points.
It really just comes down to your personal preference. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on this one.
I was always an Eastern Conference guy, but if a Western Conference team had to win, I didn't mind it so much when it was the Spurs. They were like the 48 team. They just did everything right.
I've said this before, but I feel like they did strike a good balance in 2011. Carl Edwards had a higher average finish than Tony that year - the highest average finish in Chase history, if I recall correctly. Even with that incredible performance, the best he could do was tie Stewart in the points. Nothing says compromise and balance like two guys taking the winning and consistency approaches to the championship hunt and ending in a tie. What was the tiebreaker? The number of wins. Stewart had 5 and Carl had one. Stewart won it. The system was fine IMO.
Tony should have won that championship by more than he did. Carl had a great Chase but I think it's much harder to win five out of ten races than it is to finish 11th or better ten races in a row. It would've been a travesty if Tony lost the title due to finishing outside of 15th once while winning half of the races to a guy who didn't win any. You don't need to look much further than where Austin Dillon would stand in the "no-Chase" points standings right now to see that something is still wrong with a linear scale.
Aww, come on man, beggars can't be choosers. LOL.
Median > Mean
Don't worry. Eventually King Brian will find a way to render consistency irrelevant and truly make everything all about winning. He already got his guaranteed Game 7 moment that he wanted so bad. It'll happen.
Remember when all 36 races was "when it matters"?
I hope not.
Remember when all 36 races was "when it matters"?
not if we get a winless #31 or #20 champ this yr . pr / media blitz will be too great for change.
now ?