Mike Ashley has called for the Scottish FA to make public the reasons for its decision to declare Dave King a fit and proper person.
Mo Williams Jersey . The governing body gave the South Africa-based businessman the green light to become chairman of the
Championship winners in March of last year despite his problems with tax
authorities in his homeland.King, a member of the board of oldco Rangers, which
was consigned to liquidation in the summer of 2012, had previously admitted to
41 breaches of the South African Income Tax Act and agreed to pay a £43.7m
settlement to avoid a fine or prison sentence. Sports Direct owner Ashley, who
has close to a nine percent shareholding in the club, was keen to learn how the
Scottish FA had come to its conclusion over his suitability for the post at
Ibrox.However, on Thursday the Newcastle United owner decided to drop his legal
action after receiving information on Kings finances which the SFA used when
discussing his case last May. Dave King (centre) was declared a fit and proper
person by the Scottish FA A statement issued by MASH Holdings, the company where
Ashley holds his Rangers shares, read: We are delighted that the wall of secrecy
surrounding the SFAs decision to declare Dave King a fit and proper person is
finally crumbling.As a result of legal action concluded today, the SFA has been
forced to divulge documents in private to us that reveal the true reasons behind
this controversial decision.This represents a significant victory for MASH and
we believe there is a strong public interest in this information now also being
made available by the SFA to all football fans. We therefore urge the SFA to
come clean with the public about all its dealings in relation to Dave King. But
in a statement, the SFA made it clear the information on King was cleared to be
made public by the Rangers chairman himself, rubbishing suggestions its hand had
been forced.The statement read: Ordinarily, we would be loath to respond to such
a disingenuous statement but in the interests of transparency and accuracy, it
should be made abundantly clear it was MASH who today chose to abandon their
ill-founded litigation.We have been consistent all along that the process of
determining Mr Dave Kings Fit and Proper request, submitted via an amendment to
Rangers FCs Official Return, was conducted in the correct and appropriate
manner.Indeed, at the time, we outlined the unprecedented scale of the due
diligence undertaken, befitting the complexities of the consideration placed
before our Board. This was released to the media and stated that this diligence
involved communication with the relevant authorities in South Africa and the
United Kingdom. Dave King with the Rangers board and manager Mark Warburton As
part of the recent litigation process, we elected - with the consent of Mr King
- to provide certain confidential information expanding on our statement. There
was never any obligation for us to do so and we were certainly never forced to
do so. This is a matter of fact and legal record.It is regrettable that we found
ourselves in an unnecessary Judicial Review process in the first place: one that
serves only to absorb Scottish footballs time, money and human resource which
could otherwise have been utilised for the good of the game. The same applies to
responding to these unedifying comments. Also See: Rangers video Rangers
fixtures Rangers stats Sky Bet Club
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42.Having covered on-ice shooting and save percentages aleady, the next step is
to look at the biggest variance in individual NHL player shooting percentages
this season. While it might be easy enough to accept the notion that its
difficult for a player to affect on-ice shooting or save percentages, because
they are heavily-dependent on other players, its another matter entirely to
accept the premise that an NHL player doesnt necessrily have a significant
impact on his own shooting percentage in a given season. For one thing, as much
as it might be convenient for viewrs, a single season isnt enough to capture a
players true shooting ability, which means there is a high degree of variance
possible. This variance is important, particularly in terms of perception,
because its how players end up having career years. When Brett Hull scored 86
goals in 1990-1991, he finished a career-high 22.1% of all of his shots; 65
goals for Alex Ovechkin in 2007-2008? Scored on a career-high 14.6% of all of
his shots. Teemu Selannes 76-goal rookie season came on 19.6% shooting, the best
of his career. This is how seasons go from good to great but, just as save
percentage is wildly unpredictable for goaltenders from one year to the next, so
too is shooting percentage for individual players. This is relevant because
perception is widely based on goal-scoring. Goals determine winners and losers
and are easy to identify, but the reason we pay attention to these outlier
percentages is to have have some idea whats real and what isnt. Take Blues LW
Alexander Steen, for example. Hes enjoying the best season of his career, with
33 goals and 60 points in 64 games. Hes a tremendous two-way player who has
probably been underrated, but hes received more accolades this year because hes
become a more prolific goal-scorer. Even though his scoring has slowed since an
outrageous start to the year, when he scored 17 goals in 18 games, Steen ranks
fifth in the league in goals per game, behind Steven Stamkos, Alex Ovechkin,
Gustav Nyquist and Corey Perry. If Steen was finishing at his typical (5-on-5)
rate, 8.87% over the previous five seasons coming into the year, that would
knock 11 even-strength goals off his total and while 22 goals and 49 points in
64 games is a fine season, its not held in the same esteem as Steens 33-goal,
60-point season. When youve evaluating Steen going forward, is it fair to
conclude that hes now the player who scores on 18.4% of his 5-on-5 shots, or is
that departure from his established performance level essentially a fluke? There
is a lot of randomness at play for a player to have his shooting percentage
skyrocket, Steen (and his linemates -- David Backes and T.J. Oshie) deserve some
credit because Steen is getting better quality shots than he has in previous
seasons. Using Some Kind of Ninjas shot tracker, we can see that Steens average
shooting distance, at even-strength, is 28.4 feet, his best of all years tracked
since 2008-2009. So, getting shots 3-4 feet closer on average may account for
some improvement, though most likely not enough to more than double his
even-strength shooting percentage. Lets look at Nyquist, who had four goals in
40 NHL games entering this season and now has 28 goals in 51 games this year,
virtually saving the Red Wings playoff chances. Even the most optimistic fan
isnt going to expect Nyquist to keep scoring on more than 20% of his shots,
simply because no one does. This isnt to rain on Nyquists current goal parade,
because its awesome, but if we reasonably think that Nyquist might be an
above-average shooter (even, as high as 12%), then that would typically mean 12
goals at 5-on-5 instead of 21 -- that nine-goal difference would be massive for
both Nyquist and the Red Wings. Its the kind of thing that no player needs to
apologize for, but everyone must understand that these runs will end and
regression will bring a player closer to his real skill level. That can still be
very good, just not necessarily the out-of-this-world pace that Nyquist is
keeping now. By the same token, how many times do you hear a player, mired in a
slump, say that they feel okay as long as they are getting their chances? Its
cliche, but utterly true. Sure, this player might be snakebitten for 10 games,
20 games, even a whole season, but if there is an established level of being
able to score, there have to be extreme reasons for that player to suddenly and
dramatically lose that skill.
Terrell Brandon Jersey. If youre looking for bounceback players going into next season, then, consider some of those that saw
their shooting percentages crash this year and, by contrast, you might consider
selling high on those players that finished at an abnormally high rate this
season. Below, youll see players that have the widest differentials in their
previously-established 5-on-5 shooting percentages compared to their results
this season. My thanks to stats.hockeyanalysis.com for the data. HIGH INDIVIDUAL
SHOOTING PERCENTAGE (min. 10 5-on-5 goals in 2013-2014) Alexander Steen, LW, St.
Louis 2007-2013 5-on-5 SH%: 8.87 2013-14 5-on-5 SH%: 18.40 Difference: +9.53
Joe Pavelski, C, San Jose 2007-2013 5-on-5 SH%: 8.19 2013-14 On-ice SH%: 16.80
Difference: +8.61 Ryan OReilly, LW, Colorado 2007-2013 5-on-5 SH%: 6.98 2013-14
On-ice SH%: 15.13 Difference: +8.15 Joel Ward, RW, Washington 2007-2013 5-on-5
SH%: 6.67 2013-14 On-ice SH%: 14.44 Difference: +7.77 Ryan Getzlaf, C, Anaheim
2007-2013 5-on-5 SH%: 10.42 2013-14 On-ice SH%: 17.32 Difference: +6.90
Nick Foligno, LW, Columbus 2007-2013 5-on-5 SH%: 7.89 2013-14 On-ice SH%: 14.74
Difference: +6.85 Artem Anisimov, C, Columbus 2007-2013 5-on-5 SH%: 9.83 2013-14
On-ice SH%: 15.38 Difference: +6.45 Frans Nielsen, C, N.Y. Islanders 2007-2013
5-on-5 SH%: 8.89 2013-14 On-ice SH%: 14.89 Difference: +6.00 Valtteri Filppula,
C, Tampa Bay 2007-2013 5-on-5 SH%: 11.96 2013-14 On-ice SH%: 17.20 Difference:
+5.24 (Honourable mention to Nashvilles Nick Spaling, who has nine 5-on-5 goals,
but has seen 5-on-5 shooting percentage jump from 8.38% to 13.64% and San Joses
Martin Havlat, who only has eight goals, but his SH% is up from 9.47% to
16.00%.) LOW INDIVIDUAL SHOOTING PERCENTAGE (forwards with min. 20 5-on-5 goals
from 2007-2008 through 2012-2013) Matt DAgostini, RW, Buffalo 2007-2013 5-on-5
SH%: 7.54 2013-14 On-ice SH%: 2.53 Difference: -5.01 Todd Bertuzzi, RW, Detroit
2007-2013 5-on-5 SH%: 9.95 2013-14 On-ice SH%: 4.76 Difference: -5.19
Torrey Mitchell, RW, Buffalo 2007-2013 5-on-5 SH%: 7.62 2013-14 On-ice SH%: 2.33
Difference: -5.29 Mathieu Perreault, C, Anaheim 2007-2013 5-on-5 SH%: 21.90
2013-14 On-ice SH%: 16.46 Difference: -5.44 Kyle Brodziak, C, Minnesota
2007-2013 5-on-5 SH%: 10.20 2013-14 On-ice SH%: 4.49 Difference: -5.71
Blake Comeau, RW, Columbus 2007-2013 5-on-5 SH%: 9.66 2013-14 On-ice SH%: 3.49
Difference: -6.17 Ryan Malone, LW, Tampa Bay 2007-2013 5-on-5 SH%: 11.90 2013-14
On-ice SH%: 5.66 Difference: -6.24 Tomas Fleischmann, LW, Florida 2007-2013
5-on-5 SH%: 11.58 2013-14 On-ice SH%: 5.26 Difference: -6.32 Colin Wilson, LW,
Nashville 2007-2013 5-on-5 SH%: 14.02 2013-14 On-ice SH%: 7.59 Difference: -6.43
Steve Ott, C, St. Louis 2007-2013 5-on-5 SH%: 9.82 2013-14 On-ice SH%: 3.33
Difference: -6.49 David Jones, RW, Calgary 2007-2013 5-on-5 SH%: 13.92 2013-14
On-ice SH%: 6.67 Difference: -7.25 Steve Bernier, RW, New Jersey 2007-2013
5-on-5 SH%: 9.78 2013-14 On-ice SH%: 2.41 Difference: -7.37 Shawn Horcoff, C,
Dallas 2007-2013 5-on-5 SH%: 9.69 2013-14 On-ice SH%: 2.04 Difference: -7.62
T.J. Galiardi, LW, Calgary 2007-2013 5-on-5 SH%: 10.31 2013-14 On-ice SH%: 2.47
Difference: -7.84 Benoit Pouliot, N.Y. Rangers 2007-2013 5-on-5 SH%: 13.46
2013-14 On-ice SH%: 4.81 Difference: -8.65 Alexandre Burrows, RW, Vancouver
2007-2013 5-on-5 SH%: 12.77 2013-14 On-ice SH%: 4.11 Difference: -8.66
Martin Erat, LW, Phoenix 2007-2013 5-on-5 SH%: 11.90 2013-14 On-ice SH%: 2.50
Difference: -9.40 Marcus Johansson, LW, Washington 2007-2013 5-on-5 SH%: 14.47
2013-14 On-ice SH%: 3.03 Difference: -11.44 Ville Leino, LW, Buffalo 2007-2013
5-on-5 SH%: 12.50 2013-14 On-ice SH%: 0.00 Difference: -12.50 Steve Downie, RW,
Philadelphia 2007-2013 5-on-5 SH%: 13.00 2013-14 On-ice SH%: 0.00 Difference:
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