Fwd: Re: Fwd: Jejima's next Ozeki results....

["Da Kine Sumo E-zine & Web site from Kawika" <dakinesumo@hotmail.com>]

From: Andy Adams <sumowrld@gol.com>
>To: Da Kine Sumo E-zine & Web site from Kawika <dakinesumo@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: Fwd: Jejima's next Ozeki results....
>Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 13:48:27 -0800
>
>It looks like a pretty good list and I would agree with most of the 
>choices,
>although Akinoshima and Kotonishiki (Terao has zero chance since he's
>already 36) are now too old to be considered for promotion to ozeki.  I
>would put Wakanosato before Chiyotenzan and  put Toki at the very bottom of
>the list, although I really don't think he has a realistic chance to go
>beyond sekiwake.
>
>Andy Adams
>
>Da Kine Sumo E-zine & Web site from Kawika wrote:
>
> > Andy-sama, care to response?
> >
> > >From: Jezz <jezz@urban.ne.jp>
> > >To: Sumo <sumo@brooks.statgen.ncsu.edu>
> > >Subject: Jejima's next Ozeki results....
> > >Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 08:58:38 +0900
> > >
> > >Jejima's next Ozeki results....
> > >
> > >The moment you have all (possibly) been waiting for.....
> > >Before I divulge the results, here are a few comments.
> > >
> > >No, I wasn't seriously sugggesting Terao as a serious Ozeki candidate
> > >(for all those who questioned Jejima's sanity!).  I slipped him in as a
> > >'control'.  He is of course a famous, popular rikishi, whose name gets
> > >seen on the ML far more often than his actual potential justifies.  If
> > >someone was just voting, without really knowing too much about sumo, I
> > >was suspecting that his name might be put high up on their list.  Any
> > >such voting form, I was going to ignore with the justification that the
> > >person voting didn't really know what he/she was talking about.....!
> > >Anyway, everyone passed the elligibility test, as Terao was ranked at 
>10
> > >(or worse) on everyone's list.
> > >
> > >The people on the ML are a tricky bunch....  Despite asking them to
> > >merely list the 10 rikishi in order of Ozeki potentiallity, from 1 - 
>10,
> > >many came up with their own systems, such as ranking all those they
> > >didn't think had any chance with a 10.  (One person ranked 4 with a
> > >'10'.... suggesting that Kaio had equal chance of making Ozeki as 
>Terao,
> > >Akinoshima and Kotonishiki....???!!!  In Kaio's case this changes his
> > >overall average rank by 0.25 points!!!)  This skews the results against
> > >those rikishi whom the individuals didn't bother to rank.  A better way
> > >(as some ML used), would have been to rank the rikishi anyway, and then
> > >under comments write, 'I only think that #s 1- 6 actually stand a
> > >serious shot.'  Some voters, decided not to even bother ranking some of
> > >the rikishi (I have awarded all of those '10 points' in such cases)....
> > >A couple of people created their own 'list' by putting in extra
> > >rikishi.  I admit, that a better selection of candidates should have
> > >included Wakanosato and Toki (would have made the vote more
> > >interesting)... but it is too late to change things!
> > >
> > >So, please note that the below results should be taken with a Mitiozumi
> > >sized handful of salt due to the above discrepancies.  A big thank you
> > >to all 34 people who took part, and especially for the interesting
> > >comments.  Without further ado, here are the results (in reverse
> > >order):-
> > >
> > >Posn   Name         Av. rank
> > >10     Terao        10.29
> > >9      Akinoshima    8.24
> > >8      Kotonishiki   8.06
> > >7      Tosanoumi     6.91
> > >6      Chiyotenzan   5.24
> > >5      Miyabiyama    4.59
> > >4      Musoyama      4.00
> > >3      Tochiazuma    3.38
> > >2      Dejima        2.53
> > >1      Kaio          2.00
> > >
> > >All the best,
> > >
> > >Jejima  ;-)
> > >
> > >
> >
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