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The Problem Of Rankings Has Been Solved | Debate Night Clips
The Problem Of Rankings Has Been Solved | Debate Night Clips Debate rages on about the world of disc golf rankings. Some argue that power rankings are needed to accurately reflect a player's current form, while others believe traditional world rankings are sufficient. Luke Humphries' rapid rise to number two in the world brings into question the effectiveness of historical rankings. The discussion centers around finding a balance between recent performance and past achievements, with some suggesting a weighted system based on the last six tournaments. Others propose considering only the most recent 15 results, rather than delving too far back into the off-season. This clip is part of a lively debate that explores the nuances of disc golf rankings and how they can be improved to provide more accurate representation of a player's skill level.
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i think that what it is that we're missing is people are using us included using the world rankings as power rankings yes there's nothing not a good disc golf power ranking that's what i want i want a power ranking screw world rankings rankings suck i want a power ranking that's what i want yeah you guys are you guys are treating it more like how the ufc does uh rankings of where it's like the number 12 guy fights the number four guy and beats him and then jumps up like six spots no i don't want it to be like that drastic but i want i don't want it to be like like you did good at worlds 11 months ago and so now you're still gonna be in the top 20 for no reason like that's that doesn't make any sense to me so that's why i want power rankings that's what i want i don't want world rankings i think world rankings are cool and i think that they should be exactly as far back as how far back is too far back for what power world rankings your your power rankings power rankings i think we go like i think that you go like the most recent six tournaments or weighed super heavily and then you don't consider anything outside the top 15 most recent 15 tournaments so would you have been fine with luke humphries being like number two player in the world in like week three in the power rankings yeah yeah i think that's where we need a separate we need a separation because he would have never been world number two no but no power rankings he would have been at the time yeah at the time like he he there was arguably no one having a better season than lou humphries yeah it was either a week week three or week four something like that now you would have to factor in like started six tournaments back so luke humphreys probably would have never quite got to like number two because like that makes no sense why would you go all the way back to the off season like past the off season well it would just be the first few tournaments of the year you would have to do that because like you'd probably have to come out...
