"Mediocrity" defined?

JonInMiddleGA · 10-25-2005, 12:33 AM

Okay, I'm not impartial on the subject at hand, so I'd like some outside input.
The team described below is a high school team, about medium sized for their competition, in a small region (which accounts for the quirks of how many winning/losing teams they play each year)

My question is: Is it be fair to describe them as a "posterchild for mediocrity"?

2005 YTD:
6-3 overall
teams they've beaten are 19-36
teams they've lost to are 21-6
6-0 vs teams with a losing record, 0-3 vs teams with a winning record

2004
3-8 overall
teams they beat were 6-27-1
teams they lost to were 67-31-1
Lost 1st round playoffs 42-13
3-2 vs teams with a losing record, 0-6 vs teams with a winning record

2003
6-5 overall
teams they beat were 17-51-1
teams they lost to were 32-26-1
Lost 1st round playoffs 42-16
5-1 vs teams with a losing record, 1-4 vs teams with a winning record

2002
10-3 overall
teams they beat were 31-82
teams they lost to were 20-17
10-1 vs teams with a losing record, 0-2 vs teams with a winning record
2-1 in playoffs (won 2x vs sub-500 teams, then lost 56-13)

2001
4-5 overall
teams they beat were 8-28
teams they lost to were 28-28
Lost 1st round playoffs 41-6
3-2 vs teams with a losing record, 1-3 vs teams with a winning record

5 years total
29-24 overall
2-18 vs teams with a winning record
27-6 vs teams with a losing record
Post-season avg vs team w/winning record is a 45-12 loss

You make the call -- "Average"? Or "Mediocre"?

Mustang · 10-25-2005, 12:45 AM

Mediocre...

Record vs winning teams is terrible.. If they were even just 7-13 vs winning teams I'd say average...

RailsFS · 10-25-2005, 01:13 AM

Definitely seems like a middle of the road team to me. Obviously isn't the caliber of a powerhouse team, but also obviously better than many of the other schools. Then again, I would have killed for any of those records when I was in HS.

RailsFS · 10-25-2005, 01:13 AM

BTW, I'd say.....Average....

Shkspr · 10-25-2005, 05:25 AM

Average. While it's true that one of the main definitions of mediocre is "average", it's got a perjorative connotation that specifies "low-quality" or "inferior". Mediocre is the mid-to-high end of the second quartile. This team is probably at the low end of the third.

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10-25-2005, 01:13 AM	#3
RailsFS Mascot Join Date: Jan 2005	Definitely seems like a middle of the road team to me. Obviously isn't the caliber of a powerhouse team, but also obviously better than many of the other schools. Then again, I would have killed for any of those records when I was in HS.

10-25-2005, 05:25 AM	#5
Shkspr College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Amarillo, TX	Average. While it's true that one of the main definitions of mediocre is "average", it's got a perjorative connotation that specifies "low-quality" or "inferior". Mediocre is the mid-to-high end of the second quartile. This team is probably at the low end of the third.

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