/// <summary> /// Segment II /// Pointer Thirteen: (p 74) /// Playoff Potential /// I look to wager on must-win underdogs if they are usually in contention teams. /// What I mean by a must-win underdog is a team that would be virtually out of the /// playoff picture or placed in a very disadvatageous spot concerning the playoff /// race with a loss. And again, the team must be one that usually makes the playoffs /// and thus one for which a playoff absence would be a huge failure for the franchise. /// Note: quick way to work out loss of playoff contention is if a loss would drop you /// to 500 and we are already eight weeks on then you are then "on wood". /// </summary> /// <param name="team"></param> /// <returns></returns> public static bool PlayoffPotential( NflTeam team ) { bool isPlayoffPotential = false; decimal currentClip = Utility.Clip( team.Wins, team.Losses++, team.MTies ); if ( ( currentClip <= KClipOfSomeChanceStill ) && ( currentClip >= KClipOfNoReturn ) ) if ( team.GamesPlayed() > 8 ) { if ( PerenialPlayoffContender( team ) ) { isPlayoffPotential = true; } } return isPlayoffPotential; }