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3 Man Hall of Fame Class?!?!?!

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Uh.... what now?!?!

I can't remember ever not seeing 5 modern era selections, with such a back log of worthy candidates, why did they only put 3 guys in this year?

Kuechly is a 1st ballot guy who I could see not giving 1st ballot due to the shorter career, but not if they only selected 3 modern era players, I could have understood him getting bumped into next year, but this is baffling for him to get bumped with a not full class.

Reggie Wayne and Torry Holt are a clear HOFers, how is neither getting in with 2 open spots?  That also seems like it's a bad sign for Smitty's chances of ever getting in, if they leave 2 spots open and don't put either of those guys in either, I'm not sure he'll be able to get across the line when more HOF worthy WRs start becoming eligible each year moving forward.

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5 minutes ago, Cookie Lyon said:

I'm in shock. I thought for sure Kuechly would make it, but I think he will get in next year. I had a feeling they were going to snub Smitty as well.

If you had asked me 20 minutes ago, I'd say there was a 100% chance he gets in next year if he didn't this year.

But I'm not so sure now, as there are at least 2 guaranteed 1st ballot guys next year in Brees and Fitzgerald, which only leaves 3 more spots open and still a big backlog of guys who clearly should be getting in.  If Kuechly's short career kept him from being a 1st ballot in a 3 man class, I'm not so sure he's a sure thing next year now.

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2 minutes ago, Santee_Panther said:

They changed the voting rules this year. Voters vote for five modern candidates but you have to get 80%. I’m guessing the receivers are splitting the votes. Not sure what happened with Luke. He’ll get in eventually, but there’s a lot jam at WR.

Didn't know they changed the rules, what was it in the past?  Everyone voted for 5 and just the top 5 in voting got in each year?

If that's the case, I don't like the rule as in any year, it could be tough to get the 80% threshold since all 15 of the candidates are super worthy each year, all it takes is for enough vote splitting and it will keep a lot of guys from getting to the 80% mark in a given year.

It could make it REALLY tough on any WRs in the future who aren't clear 1st ballot guys (like Fitzgerald) because the others will always end up splitting votes every year.

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5 minutes ago, Santee_Panther said:

They changed the voting rules this year. Voters vote for five modern candidates but you have to get 80%. I’m guessing the receivers are splitting the votes. Not sure what happened with Luke. He’ll get in eventually, but there’s a lot jam at WR.

Just looked it up, I really don't like this change.

They vote the list from 15 down to 7 guys, from those 7, the 49 voters select 5 of the 7 and they have to get 80% of that vote to get in.

It makes no sense as all it takes is 10 people to vote for one WR and another 10 vote for a different WR, and neither get into the HOF despite them both being in the Top 7 of the overall voting and clear HOF worthy candidates.

SOOOOOOOOOOO dumb

For what it's worth, the candidates in the Final 7 this year who didn't get it were Kuechly, Holt, Vinatieri, and Willie Anderson, all of who apparently are now automatically put into next year's 15 finalists.

What a dumb new system.

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1 minute ago, Santee_Panther said:

In the past they cut the 15 down to 5, then you voted yes/no for each candidate and they needed 80%.

Now they cut it down to 7 and you have five votes per voter, but need 80% to get it. 

Mathematically it’s possible that no one could reach the 80% if they are spread out among the 7 evenly.

Yea, I just posted that I looked it up.

And the Top 3 get in even if they don't get the 80%, which again, makes it even dumber, because it's clearly means the 80% can be difficult to get when you're picking between 7 clearly worthy candidates and there will always be vote splitting.

This will be the new normal, 3 man classes for what is already maybe the toughest HOF to get into, what a joke.

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Yeah, you could have all 7 guys split 71% each and get stuck with three man classes. 
 

At least the top seven go straight to the final next time. 

I’m not worried about Luke getting it eventually but Smith’s numbers are going to look less impressive down the road in a pass happy league. (Fitzgerald goes to the top of the group next year, still stuck with Holt and Wayne for votes).

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