[briz1046]

I remember well a lengthy Twitter discussion I had with Josh Looman when CCM as it then was called was 1st introduced

I was left with the impression that his mindset was that the only way to truly assess a player was by in game production ( stats) and that the ratings acted as a kind of scouting report ( ie they can be wrong)

The purpose of XP thereby was to correct ratings errors to be more in line with production ( much in the way weekly roster updates do ) rather than be a reflection of genuine player improvement

Thus stats drive the ratings rather than my own opinion that ratings should drive production

This is why it's the way it is in my opinion ...however that doesn't mean that's all it can be ...or needs to stay that way