The SM East bias is that most of us could do the same thing with our previous year JV lineup but most of us would not go so far as to include these guys in a prediction for next year's state placers because it shows we are favoring our own. There are other examples of your SM East bias I could bring up but I chose not to. My main point with it is that because of your previous ratings of SM East wrestlers, I have no doubt that if any of the guys that I mentioned were SM East wrestlers that you would have definitely included them on your original list. If you can rate the high school wrestlers, I feel good about assessing your performance as a rater and to point out tendencies and biases that I might perceive you to have as a rater.
We have to get this one clear Vince. The only SME JV wrestler in 2006-07 that I listed in my predictions to place in 2007-08 was Anthony Garrett at 285. You say that "We would not go so far as to include these guys in a prediction for next year's state placing". I included him because it was the correct prediction! In fact, his back-up placed 5th at State. To not include him would actually show a bias against my team.
