Warhammer
10-20-2005, 09:43 AM
As most of you know, I have been involved with two FOF2k4 leagues. In the Imperial FL I am the owner of the Hartford Grizzlies, and in the IHOF I am the coach of the Telluride Outlaws. In looking back at each team's performances I have noticed a few things:
1) Telluride has more talent than Hartford compared to the rest of the league. However, they have a worse winning percentage.
2) Hartford seems to play MUCH better at home than on the road, and the opposite is true for Telluride.
3) The coaching staffs for each team are equal.
4) Hartford nearly sells out every home game, while Telluride has 1/3 of the stadium empty.
5) The game planning is a push. However, there seems to be more games with Telluride where I outplan an opponent, out gain them, more ToP, yet lose, compared to Hartford. Hartford has the Swiss Army Pull the Game Out of Its Ass Knife, especially at home.
6) In the current IHOF season, Telluride is 0-5 at home and 3-1 on the road. The one road loss was a late game collapse in a nearly sold out stadium.
Based upon these observations, I think their is a Homefield Advantage/Disadvantage at work. If you tend to sell out your games (or close to it) you will have the homefield advantage work in your favor. However, if you are struggling to put butts in the seats, your homefield is actually a disadvantage.
Has anyone else noticed anything like this?
1) Telluride has more talent than Hartford compared to the rest of the league. However, they have a worse winning percentage.
2) Hartford seems to play MUCH better at home than on the road, and the opposite is true for Telluride.
3) The coaching staffs for each team are equal.
4) Hartford nearly sells out every home game, while Telluride has 1/3 of the stadium empty.
5) The game planning is a push. However, there seems to be more games with Telluride where I outplan an opponent, out gain them, more ToP, yet lose, compared to Hartford. Hartford has the Swiss Army Pull the Game Out of Its Ass Knife, especially at home.
6) In the current IHOF season, Telluride is 0-5 at home and 3-1 on the road. The one road loss was a late game collapse in a nearly sold out stadium.
Based upon these observations, I think their is a Homefield Advantage/Disadvantage at work. If you tend to sell out your games (or close to it) you will have the homefield advantage work in your favor. However, if you are struggling to put butts in the seats, your homefield is actually a disadvantage.
Has anyone else noticed anything like this?