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Originally Posted by dadams6357
Tom
The post are basically bragging rights. That is all...that is handicappers free speech.
If you have a specific question for anyone of the heavy hitters. Like Tim/Mitch/Ted/Bill/Dick/Awsome. They have no problem answering your questions.
Also time is a factor for these folks that post. Most of them figured that you have read their past post and understand the printouts they are showing.
Tim gets frustrated because he gets an average of 170 viewers on his post and not one question.
You could give 10 handicappers the exact order of finishers and I guarantee you would have 10 handicappers betting 10 different ways. Most would say your full of bs and bet there own selections.
The best that I can suggest is go through some of the past post. I mean they go into great detail on breaking down a races. Pages of analysis of a race.
Yeah it is a lil hard to find but there is a bunch out there.
Don
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Don, I appreciate the honesty.
If the posts are mainly about sharing results or even bragging rights, that’s fine. Everyone can post however they choose.
But if the goal is for people to learn something, then there’s a clear gap.
There’s a big difference between showing contenders and then posting a winning result afterward, and showing how that result was actually decided before the race.
You’re right, give 10 handicappers the same contenders and you’ll get 10 different wagers. That’s exactly the point. The wager is the decision.
If that decision isn’t shown before the race, then people are left trying to reverse engineer it after the fact, and that’s not the same thing.
That’s also why there’s a disconnect with engagement. It’s not that people aren’t interested, it’s that they’re not being shown the part that actually matters.
I’m not saying anyone has to change what they do. I’m just being clear about the difference between showing results and showing a repeatable process.
Tom