Wednesday, August 2, 2017

The Most Improved Award

The preseason is a time to get better, and nobody got better during the 1974 training camp than the Oklahoma Outlaws.

The table below shows how much teams improved their average current player value from the end of the allocation draft (left column) through Week 1 of the regular season (middle column). Oklahoma head coach Hypnorhino took over the team during the late free agency period and made some moves that improved the Outlaws tremendously, raising the average current value of his players nearly 18 points.

During the preseason, teams can improve in several ways: signing key free agents, releasing young players who have "busted" and lousy players who came in at the end of the allocation draft, and the general improvement younger players will show during training camp and exhibition play

The New Jersey Generals were not far behind, as raidergreg69's youthful squad was designed to get better over time. Teams who drafted more veterans, like the Boston Breakers, improved less, as you might expect.



Oklahoma
37.09
54.98
17.89
New Jersey
35.5
52.74
17.24
Portland
41.61
57.66
16.05
Honolulu
42.07
58.08
16.01
Detroit
42.54
57.18
14.64
Washington
39.04
53.26
14.22
Pittsburgh
40.85
55
14.15
Oakland
42.46
56
13.54
Memphis
46.85
60.29
13.44
Chicago
45.41
57.34
11.93
Orlando
49.35
61.26
11.91
San Antonio
43.37
55.22
11.85
Southern Calif.
45.67
57.3
11.63
Shreveport
43.48
55.09
11.61
Houston
39.76
51.36
11.6
Charlotte
46.22
57.65
11.43
Georgia
47.02
58.25
11.23
Baltimore
46.07
57.16
11.09
New Orleans
49.13
59.98
10.85
Michigan
45.15
55.91
10.76
Cleveland
42.78
53.26
10.48
Denver
48.24
57.08
8.84
San Jose
49.35
57.86
8.51
Jacksonville
51.57
59.78
8.21
Arizona
48
56.17
8.17
Birmingham
50.15
58.29
8.14
Los Angeles
51.28
58.3
7.02
Tampa Bay
52.74
58.62
5.88
New York
51.67
57.17
5.5
Philadelphia
51.26
56.7
5.44
Florida
59.43
64
4.57
Boston
66.28
66.61
0.33