Re: [sumo] kaio chances

[Alex Ferguson <abf@cs.ucc.ie>]

On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 03:10:20PM +0100, Jonas Lindström wrote:
> The fact remains that all the recent yokozuna, even the weakest ones like 
> Wakanohana III and Futahaguro did clear the bar that was set.

The bar that was set at the time, but not the current bar.  Futahaguro
did not achieve a "yusho equivalent" record in Natsu '86, at least as I
understand the term.  He wouldn't have been promoted given a strict
interpretation of the current standard.  Sure, after the next basho he
had one more win over those two than Kaio does over his last two...  and
one fewer yusho.  (Not to mention the earlier four.)

I agree with Josh that there should be more recognition of past
performance in yokozuna promotions.  It's not as if they'd likely be any
worse than the _current_ standard, as a predictor for future performance
in any case.  (If it were, the YDC would have cleaned out the bookies
long ago.)

Cheers,
Alex.
[EndPost by Alex Ferguson <abf@cs.ucc.ie>]