The first week of this year's hockey pool is done. By determination, research and skill (also
known as blind luck) I am leading. While
this is no indication of future success, it makes me feel good nonetheless.
What I have found amazing over these past couple of days is
the technology of it all. Websites provide
services that allow one to customize your pool in a dizzying array of
ways. Additionally, they provide real
time stats. The fact that it works so
well is only blown away by the fact that it is provided for free.
What did people do before?
What poor soul had to sit down with a newspaper/many newspapers on
Monday and work out everyone's points?
Either pools were a lot simpler then, or that person didn't get any
"real" work done that day.
Having talked to a few people, it seems like the technology
has not only made it easier to keep track of things, but somehow it allows
people to be in a number of pools at once.
How they don't get confused between players from one pool team to the
next is beyond me--or maybe they don't remember and have to spend a lot of time
online checking and rechecking. I guess
that is what a smart phone is for, or is it?
Week one was fun.
Hopefully week two will be just as fun and just as successful.
