APBRmetrics

Mike G wrote:We didn't actually not have a site, did we?
And now that Neil isn't blogging at b-r.com, maybe people who enjoy discussing apbrmetrics will want to discuss apbrmetrics at APBRmetrics?

I've been outta the mix for a little while - while is Neil not blogging at b-r?

It's a big mystery, among many. He's been kicked upstairs. There's a power struggle. There's a shakeup.
It's kind of tragic that people flocked to that blog and abandoned this one. We may still see the annual announcement for the big to-do in Massachusetts, where presumably they do not discuss the importance of continuity within this community of analysis sharers. We need some substantive reporting here.

Meanwhile, as long as I have to log in every time I come to the page, I'll assume there's no moderation, and every day could be the last here. Would be delighted to hear differently.

OK, here's the deal... I work for Sports-Reference. We are a data company -- that's our specialty and our #1 priority. We started the blogs as a way to raise interest in the data on the site, and generally drive traffic to the sites. After 3 years (in basketball, a little more for baseball), it became clear from our internal analytics that the blogs were simply not generating enough pageviews to justify the amount of time (aka money, % of my salary, etc.) we as a company were investing in them. So we pulled the plug on our blogs, company-wide.

Would I have liked to keep blogging at BBR? Of course. But there was no "power struggle"... As a data company, it made no sense for us to have a hand in the editorial business. That doesn't fit in with our core priorities, especially when it loses us money. We even wrote about this in BBR's farewell blog post.

However, I will be writing for Basketball Prospectus now, you can feel free to email me or tweet at me as always, and I'll hopefully see everyone at the Sloan Conference in March. I don't know how that fits into Mike's vision of the analysis community, but I felt the need to set the record straight when it came to my attention that people were saying uninformed things about me (and about S-R as a company).

Thanks, Neil!

My "uninformed" conjectures were really just a joke, similar to what has been shared earlier. When things are really slow, the jokes tend to suffer along with everything else.
Anyway, since the upshot was that you checked in here, all's well, we hope.

I'll hopefully see everyone at the Sloan Conference in March. I don't know how that fits into Mike's vision of the analysis community,...

This is one alternative, I guess: If you aren't there, you aren't anyone?

I respect whatever business decision S-R made.

However some things should be done just for fun. Fine art transcends labor costs. It was real enjoyable discussing basketball over there even if I argued with some people and did not always get along. It was a great place; if I was running a site I would blog or discuss stuff because I wanted to. Money has little to do with it.