george,

patrick was pretty much on the mark, although I don't think I would've brought jerry up over there, myself.
jerry has made his career bashing and slandering len (and len) --- he would like to leech blood from their customer base by portraying their #'s as useless, and len's handicapping, baseless.
the fact is, len has volunteered a great many good opinions, as evidenced by the whitney (along w/his tournament success).
but, I digress....

to answer your questions, I see that post as embarrassing for pretty much the reason I mentioned in my earlier post.
if you want to pat yourself (or your boss) on the back, this is the forum to do it in, right here.
trying to piggyback jerry on The Sheets board, especially after the fact, is really.....well, I wouldn't do it.

I don't remember making any claim that one analysis was 'so superior' to another, as I haven't read jerry's (nor do I wish to).
it was a tough race w/a deep field, and len made a nice pick --- doesn't make him jesus, but I think it merits a congrats, rather than trying to jump in the spotlight w/your 4 horse box 'my boss had it, too!!!1'.
len posts that stuff in order of preference, and it's pretty clear that he made the winner his key, while judging by my 'rotw' post, you guys like to make every horse in the field a contender, and play lottery boxes so you can post up that you 'HIT THE TRI!!!1' --- I DO see a difference in those approaches.
I really wouldn't have any idea whether len found 7-1 fat enough, or 4/5 on rock hard, for that matter (though, I doubt it), and he already takes plenty of ribbing on the 'use in exotics' from both camps.
that just seems to be the way he plays --- he prioritizes the horses based on both Sheet reads and price, keying some and using others in various weights in gimmicks.
that's what's called structuring a bet and having an opinion.
I always enjoy his analysis because that's what it is -- analysis.
not 'box the top half of the field', or 'everyone in this race is a contender'.

ps

I'm afraid I don't have your celebrity status.
in the past, I really didn't post here -- just sporadically read, if I was bored.
one day, I saw a post that I wanted to reply to from mall, who's sort of the t-graph community's charlie brown -- hence, I reg'd as lucy from peanuts.
like I said, up until a couple days ago, I didn't post here often enough to bother changing to anothe rname --- what's the point?
if I continue to post here, and avoid the inevitable ban, maybe I'll change it.

xoxo

*sets up football*



Post Edited (08-09-04 00:31)