The New Yardbirds became Led Zeppelin, Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Electrasol became Finish.
You change, reference the Hindenburg in the artwork of your debut album, convert to Islam, or simply rebrand.
In the case of ‘advanced’ analytics and the NHL, the league is attempting to make metrics like Corsi and Fenwick easier to understand for its audience.
So Corsi, which measures shot attempts, will become “shot attempts.” Fenwick, which measures unblocked shot attempts, becomes “unblocked shot attempts.”
Reaction to the news that the NHL is set to implement possession numbers to its official site has ranged from outrage at the idea of shedding long-standing nomenclature in the name of ‘accessibility’, to a welcomed change that serves as a step towards more widespread understanding of numbers beyond counting stats.
Here is your Twitter reaction to the death of Corsi and Fenwick.
https://twitter.com/BonksMullet/status/568487262079614976
https://twitter.com/SteveBurtch/status/568495678252568576
https://twitter.com/thescottlewis/status/568487145217904640
https://twitter.com/ryan_batty/status/568488822507479040
https://twitter.com/MannyElk/status/568489019308425217
https://twitter.com/SkinnyPPPhish/status/568493196537421824
https://twitter.com/DaveLozo/status/568487929435320320
