08-17-2022, 08:05 PMRomanesEuntDomus Wrote: What exactly should that look like? We have Awards streams or forum threads were the hosts talk about the contributions of the nominees, in some years we have articles about the various award candidates and me or other members of the Committee are usually there in those threads to answer any questions you might have.

But usually how it goes is that someone simply complains that one of their teammates didn't get some nomination and once we reply and ask for some more detailed feedback or even push back against an incorrect narrative then those people usually go silent. It doesn't feel like the highest form of conversation to engage in most times.

I get where you're coming from, I think. Explaining it to each person looking to raise some Hell has to be exhausting. I don't mean it to come off as another whinge on that sort of topic, but I can see how it looks that way.

While I am guilty of having some opinions that run contrary to results, it usually comes from not understanding how you see things versus how I see them. It feels like every time someone new joins the committee or a rule changes, the way awards are graded changes. While some of that is to be expected, I think the way it's communicated leaves something to be desired. I think a lot of the disquiet that people, myself very much included, have about awards is that there's not a clear indication of "In the case of X award, the committee generally views A Stat and B Stat with the highest priority, C Stat with a secondary priority, and D, E, and F Stats as tertiaries." So it precipitates, at least for me, as "Why didn't I get nominated for this award? I had a pretty good season in A Stat, C Stat, and F Stat," and I'm missing the piece of the puzzle where my B and D Stats weren't good enough and that was the deal breaker. I've tried a few times to retrace steps to see how you might've gotten to a conclusion, and it's not usually very successful.

I think the best understanding of awards that I've had was a Trips article that included notes from members of the committee on their thought process. It's been some time since I've seen something like that.

In the case of Awards Presentations, I haven't been able to make them for a couple of seasons. They've been a little late for me since I wake up early.