BTW,
Nice looking package by our competitors up north. They’re absent all season until its playoff time and then break out the staff. Welcome to the season, guys.
Problem is, outside of their locals, they’re completely lost.
The Courant’s desk-bound staff take stats directly from Max Preps without question or background checking. In the SS cap, it Sez Stratford QB Justin Shumyhora’s only thrown 22 passes all year.
Guys, does that make sense? Maybe since Torrey Mack and Octavious McKoy are so good. But a quick check on Shumyhora’s link shows he only has stats for two games. And that makes no sense unless Mack’s been taking direct snaps.
…the other thing to know is the Connecticut Post has been calculating Stratford and Bunnell’s maxpreps stats and putting them on the site on behalf of Craig Bruno and Duane Shirden. Both guys aren’t exactly internet savvy and we thought it would look silly without Bunnell QB Steve Smith, Mack and McKoy up there. Other people around the state go on that site, see it and say, ‘WOW! Who are these guys?’
We’ve been pretty good with Mack, McKoy and Smith. Problem is, we just don’t have Shumyhora’s game-by-game available to post. We just have his cumulative, which we hold in our databases and ran in our Thanksgiving tab. We’re also the only ones updating Bunnell QB Steve Smith’s statistics. Which they also pulled.
Also, they see Ansonia’s Alex Thomas with 1,011 yards. Problem is, Ansonia hasn’t updated the stats since Week 7. Everyone else in the state knows he’s run for 1,700+ with 28 TDs.
Nobody’s perfect, but if you can’t verify, don’t run ‘em.
On another note: Coaches, MaxPreps is great and we the sporting press love having statistics. We know you’re busy preparing for Big-Time Opponent, but can you at least get the statistician up to speed? Nothing stinks more than having to go back and update your stats for you. This doesn’t work without cooperation from all sides.
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