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Skip to comments.Is rural mail delivery the real problem with the USPS budget?
Posted on 02/09/2013 1:09:57 PM PST by SeekAndFind
It's Saturday, and I went out on the front porch this morning after shoveling out from Nemo and got the mail as usual. There was an advertisement trying to get me to switch homeowner's insurance and a coupon flyer for the local grocery store. That sort of surprise waiting in the mailbox doesn't exactly get me all up in arms over the Post Office's idea to cancel Saturday mail delivery. Up until now, I've been assuming that the Post Office is simply an unprofitable enterprise and they may have to put trucks out on the road less often to reduce costs. I suppose I've been mostly in line with Jon Stewart's rather cynical take on the subject.
I can't believe the business model of transporting letters with vehicles across the country for forty cents a pop is failing. Sorry… where ya want me to take that? Hawaii? Yeah, no trouble. I'll put it on a plane, get it there in two days. Uh… ya got a quarter?
But perhaps there's more to the story than that. Doug Mataconis links to Matthew Yglesias who seems to feel that government subsidy of more expensive deliveries to rural areas is part of the rot at the heart of this business model. What was once a lucrative monopoly, according to this line of thinking, has been squeezed out of the profit margins.
But the monopoly has become less lucrative and thats not going to change in the future. Thats squeezed the budget, squeezed postal workers compensation packages, and is now squeezing the quality of nationwide mail service. As a country, we need to ask ourselves whether providing subsidized mail delivery to low-density areas is really a key national priority. Without the monopoly/universal service obligation, its not as if rural dwellers wouldnt be able to get mail, its just that they might need to pay more in recognition of the fact that its inconvenient to provide delivery services to low-density areas. Nostalgia-drenched Paul Harvey Super Bowl ads aside, its not the case that rural Americans are unusually hard-pressed economically or are disproportionate contributors to the economy. They are, rather, the beneficiaries of numerous explicit and implicit subsidies, of which the Postal Services universal service obligation is one.
Doug seems to agree:
Most of the complaints one hears about privatizing first class mail and ending the USPS monopoly on its delivery center around the issue of what is to be done about delivery to rural areas. The basic idea behind is that it shouldnt cost rural customers, or those who want to correspond with them, more to send first-class mail than it does to send first-class mail from one major city or suburb to another. Theres no economic rationale for this kind of policy. Indeed, it exists nowhere else almost nowhere else in the delivery business right now. If you want to send a package via USPS, you are generally going to pay based on where youre sending it to. UPS prices its delivery services in much the same manner. The only place you see flat-rate pricing is in things such as overnight mail, which is based on an entirely different kind of business model from regular package shipping and for which the customer is paying a premium for the convenience of next-day, or 2nd-day, delivery of something that would ordinarily take a few days longer.
I'm no package delivery expert here, but I'd always sort of assumed that the United States Post Office was pretty much designed with an untenable business model baked into the cake. It's something which is mandated by the Constitution, thereby bringing the government into the mix, but it's being expected to run at a profit while conforming to a business model which no sane, private business would ever consider. It costs more to drive a letter or package fifty miles out into the boonies than it does to simply get it to a commercial hub in a city or suburb with the bulk of the parcels. If you charge the same amount for all of the letters, somebody is getting more value for the same price point than everyone else, simple as that. I suppose you have to average all the deliveries together to come up with a flat price which keeps you in the black, but it's got to be one hell of a lot more than fifty cents per letter.
With that in mind, it's hard to see how eliminating Saturday delivery does much to address the real problem. You're still running the same losing business model… you're just losing money more slowly by doing it one less day per week. I'm still not entirely opposed to just having the Post Office jack up the rates far enough to make the service profitable. If it costs more to mail junk – particularly bulk advertising and such – people might think more carefully about what they are mailing, rather than flooding our boxes. Exceptions could be made for free or low cost postage for the mailing of payments to utilities or answering required government correspondence. But do you really think it's reasonable to be able to send a letter from Virginia to Oregon in two days for four bits?
Its the fault of the bitter clingers....again.
Haha, no, that's not the answer. Why nothing mentioned about the bloated pension funds? (Someone had to bring it up in the comments section of that article; another commenter posted about heavily-discounted junk mail rates.)
The Constitution only "empowers Congress "To establish Post Offices and post Roads". It does not say it must run the Post Office!
I am not sure how this would work. If you live in the country and want to mail a letter somewhere, how could you possibly know how much it would cost? Every letter would have to be taken to the post office to determine the cost.
The postal service would be making a profit if it hadn't made big promises to the union. Had they paid normal private sector wages there would be no problem. Idiots like this writer should do something productive for a living.
If everyone used the post office to send each other first class letters instead of sending emails or text messages, the post office might even break even. My neighborhood letter carrier told me that about 85% of his mail volume is bulk rate junk mail. As he put it, "Without the junk mail I wouldn't have a job". And bulk mail rates are way lower than first class.
Time to just disband the post office. Person to person communications have moved on to other technologies. Want to send something physical? Then pay FedEx, UPS, or someone else to deliver it. Delivering "thoughts" via email is cheap. Delivering real tangible stuff isn't.
I would support cutting delivery back to, at most, twice per week. Even one delivery per week wouldn't really impact me, other than perhaps to make the occasional birthday card late depending on timing.
I worked for the Post Office for a few years. Every year management was given a bonus at Christmas. It didn't matter if they were losing money or not.
Why would a business that's losing money pay a bonus?
Sorry for shouting but it's clear that, without exception, private enterprise always beats a government-run entity. Look no further than public schools compared to private schools. Likewise, the artifice of the taxpayer-funded Postal Service stifles what would otherwise be a very efficient, cost-effective delivery system with the likes of FedEx and UPS going head-to-head in a free market to offer consumers real value.
No the biggest problem with the post office is that the older workers all OWN jobs and negotiate their work. Make everyone a regular employee, get rid of the union, and treat the temps right and there would be a big profit.
I wonder whether the current rate of 46¢ for the first ounce is too low. To deliver a one page letter to the next town, UPS quotes $11. To send it to NC costs $16.
"The trouble is called JUNK MAIL , raise it to first class postage and watch the profits go up. How many pounds of paper thrown away each year ,that is never read ?"
Profits go up? More likely the post office loses what little it currently makes from junk mail. Does anyone actually think that the junk mailers will pay first class postage rates? Most of these advertisers are probably already wondering if their current junk mail advertising campaign is actually generating enough business to justify the cost. Why would anyone think that the junk mail business is not sensitive to the cost of postage?
From my point of view, the post office should charge $10 postage for every advertising piece - especially the credit card applications! I'm opposed to chopping down trees to make paper to make junk mail to fill landfills. And I'm a conservative! We are currently using tax money to subsidize the junk mail industry.
The airlines did that a while back too. "Paying to fail" (i.e. management) is certainly not uncommon.
Thomas Jefferson feared that the postal service would become a source of patronage and a waste of money. Jefferson also expressed doubt at granting Congress the power to designate post roads, as he considered road building to be a state responsibility.
The real problem: the USPS board of directors (whatever called) refuses to set prices at viable rates.
I don't understand why the post office needs to deliver to each residence address. Delivery to a neighborhood dropoff should suffice, with residents going there to pick up their mail. This can save a lot of money. If a dropoff point is within six to ten blocks, that is walkable. For those who argue on behalf of handicapped or others stuck in a residence, same rules apply as to how they obtain food and other goods via secondary help.
I also agree that the business model should change, charge more for expensive delivery destinations. And charge more for junk mail; I hate the stuff.
For personal mail I might agree, but business mail IMHO still needs to be 5 days a week.
That makes sense. It would be easy enough to split addresses into residential and business addresses similar to what UPS or FedEx does.
You need the post Office. I worked for overnight delivery. You do not want them running the post office. Your in la la land. Politicians screwed the post office by allowing Fedex boxes in the post office area by corrupt officials. You do not put your competitors box in your business property. You have no idea all the little tricks. These big companies will run it for expensive profits. Do not think they are going to charge cheaply. Once the post office is gone your screwed.This is their master plan orchestrated by powers that be to get rid of the post office. There is a step by step plan to slowly piecemeal till it does not exist. Save the post office.
So-called "junk mail" actually subsidizes the rest of it. It's cheaper to mail but more profitable to the postal servicd because the mailers get discounts to presort the mail, sometimes down to delivery sequence, tray it, even truck it to bulk mail centers or even sectional center facilities.
Raise "junk mail" to first class rates, watch all "junk mail" totally disappear and watch first class quadruple if the USPS even survives it.
Your sentiment is a widespread one, but it's a complete misperception, usually perpetuated by newspapers who see direct mail as competition. How about going after them for the several pounds of mostly unwanted junk in their Sunday edition? Why is that less obnoxious?
The real problems began with the US Postal Service when the Postal Union was allowed to form.
That was back when virtually employees were US military veterans.
Try to find a Postal employee today that is a Vet and/or a real American.
Good Luck!
Everyone's zip code could have a one letter prefix. Rural zips would get a B for bumpkin and everyone else's would have a C for cool. Then just apply a simple formula. B to B would cost $47. B to C or C to B would be $27. C to C would be $.05.
Of course it cost far more to send a head of lettuce from a B zip code to a C zip than it does a letter, so the cool people can expect a significant food cost increase.
The writer is an idiot and I seriously doubt he has ever put together any business plan.
Hard to imagine how I'll be screwed considering the fact that I use the post office for next to nothing. Convert a couple additional bills to epay and begin sending ecards, and I think I wouldn't have to mail more than a handful of parcels per year.
Maybe we need to consider cutting members of Congress to be in session for a period of 140 days that meets every other year, much as the Texas Legislature does.
We would all be much better off.
I ship and receive at least one package a day. Rural people buy online because whatever you want is probably not available within 50 miles. Rural packages subsidize the letters.
The problem is that the postal service has morphed into a jobs service for otherwise-unemployable drones that aren't really up to the task. They give extra points on the exam for characteristics that have NOTHING to do with the ability to deliver the mail.
that message will be lost.. Back in the 90's, I attended a meeting with the PMG and he said that they would not make it 20 years given the economic realities of the union contracts and the legacy retirement obligations. He was right.
The "junk mail" is what actually keeps the post office viable because most bills are paid online and that return mail (usually 1st class) has gone away. Take that "junk" away, and you got three day a week delivery with most of that money going to pay some 60 year old retiree's Viagra and the people on the "disability" gravy train.
I don't understand the problem, if you don't want it, throw it out.
Won't happen. they will just migrate to a Val-Pak or equivalent.
Most of these advertisers are probably already wondering if their current junk mail advertising campaign is actually generating enough business to justify the cost.
The general return on bulk mail advertizing is 1%, and that is if you target your mailing. Blanket bulk can go as low as 1/2 of 1%.
A substantial increase in bulk mailing rates would see the Post Office lose even more.
No, it is not rural post offices or rural delivery. They are not union, although the proposals to combine routes would result in routes big enough to require union carriers. If you want to see the hole down which most of the postal money is going, please go to the post office at 14th and L St NW in Washington DC and try to do something really complicated, like buy some stamps. Rude, incompetent, lazy and did I mention aggresively rude? That any small, functioning post office would be closed to keep these clowns in velvet is a great illustration of what's wrong.
The thing about direct mail advertising is that a.) you know exactly how much it costs and b.) you know exactly what you're getting back from it.
If it's not returning its costs and paying a profit -- you don't do it again.
Hence, almost all direct mail campaigns are proven profit-makers.
If you think postal subsidies are bad, wait until you learn about the "high-cost" component of the Universal Service Fund. The Universal Service Fund collects taxes from your phone bill (about $7B per year) and "redistributes" them to a variety of "worthy" causes. One recipient provides subsidies to "high-cost", mostly rural, telephone companies. The most egregious is the subsidy of phone service in Maui as much as $13K/line/year.
See http://www.capthefund.org/learnabout.cfm
Raise it to first class postage and a lot of junk mail will cease to exist—not a bad thing.
Then subcontract out the delivery of the actual, worthwhile mail that is left to UPS, Fedex, etc.
It wouldn't be too difficult to get them to provide the added services needed in order to get the contracts, and the mail could still have a USPS imprint of some kind, if that mattered.
I mean this as respectfully as I can put it and I don't wish to descend into ad hominem arguments on either side. Phrases like "big companies" and "expensive profits" used in a pejorative sense are not what I expect to find here on Free Republic.
The "big" adjective is oft-used by leftists in phrases such as "Big Oil", "Big Tobacco" and "Big Pharma" with the implications that that these businesses are up to no good. Similarly, "expensive profits" smacks of language employed by Occupy Wall Street crowd when they refer to "obscene profits" or "outlandish profits". By no means am I lumping you into that group but words do have meaning and, in the spirit of true FRiendship, you might advance your case better by using terms that are more in line with the Conservative lexicon.
As for profits, as shareholder in a number of corporations, some large and some small, I want a tremendous profit from my investment. From my viewpoint, there simply is no such beast as profit too large -- call it "obscene", "extravagant" or anything else. I want and rightfully deserve maximum profits from the risk I take as a capitalist in the wonderful free market system that we enjoy here in America.
I may be guilty of missing your essential point where you advocate for the continued existence of a government-run Postal Service. But the words you happened to choose (probably with no ill intent at all) were like Kryptonite to me as one who strongly favors an unfettered free enterprise system with the role of government reduced to the extent that it can drowned in a bathtub -- and tiny one at that! :-)
Agree with the sentiment that the govt is NOT enumerated to actually deliver mail... only to provide for infrastructure so that mail can travel across state lines.
Indeed, the USPS is only treading water because they are paid by the RNC to deliver wasted and meaningless fundraisers to millions of conservatives who go.... "meh..." and then write a check directly to some tea party candidate anyways...
That's the prevailing conventional wisdom, but it doesn't take the facts into account.
Saturday is not a "slow" mail day. The volume of mail delivered is roughly the same as any weekday.
Monday is a very heavy mail day. All the letters, magazines, and junk continue to flow through the system on Sunday even though there's no delivery. Mondays are hard.
Now, as the plan goes, we will add Saturday's mail to Sunday's and Monday's and -- just like the underpants gnomes planned -- profit will result. And don't even mention three-day weekends.
The mail volume on Mondays will now be crushing. Either more workers will need to be brought in to sort and deliver it [eliminating the savings] or it will simply stack up in the P.O. and trickle out during the week as staffing permits.
Also, there is a small army of substitute carriers who work Saturdays and the regular carrier's vacation and sick days. Eliminating Saturday deliveries will cause most of them to seek other work. It's their only guaranteed work day.
This will cause tremendous problems in coverage down the road.
It's such a crazy proposal that I suspect it is just a negotiating ploy to get Congress to get off its fat ass and end the stupid health care pre-payments that are causing 90% of the losses.
Twice a week means they'd now have health issues since the normal deposit would be over 50 lbs—2 lbs of quality mail and 48 lbs of crap.
The easy answer is simply to limit mail delivery in remote areas only to once or twice a week.
That's an interesting point. We live in the suburbs and do a good bit of purchases from Amazon (out of convenience more than necessity). It would be interesting to see the full P&L for those rural post offices because it might be counterintuitive to many for the reason you stated.
You're on it. In my office, Saturday is the second biggest, if not the biggest day of an average week. This week I did 10+ hours on Monday, and 9+ today. The rest of the week was lighter, but we just closed a "sortation" facility and sortating has been moved to another location, trucks ran differently etc. I can't wait to add Saturday to Monday. We will have to leave stuff behind, so we can make it back before dispatch.
All that said, the USPS would GREATLY benefit from a business friendly Administration, and some economic growth. THAT is the real problem. With the USPS. Really, actually, for real, honest economic growth, would benefit everyone, and the USPS would be there working, and back to breaking even.
Cutting Saturday delivery is another hair-brained idea by someone way up in the food chain paid to come up with ideas. They propose to save $2 billion, but they also proposed to save a boatload of cash by putting in Flat Sequencing machinery to cut down the street time of letter carriers. How did that work out? Eh, they didn't save enough to cover their costs. It's losing money.
"or it will simply stack up on the P.O."
That is an excellent point.
Speaking strictly from a business point of view...a Monday holiday delays mail for days. Three days of built up mail will be a nightmare and very disruptive to a business.
Before all of the tech savvy jump on me...a lot of business is still conducted in a traditional manner. Not every small or medium sized company can operate soley on the internet. A lot depends on what service is being delivered. That is not completely a bad thing. If the internet goes down, companies that are totally dependent are s.o.l.
I can personally get by with less delivery service from the USPS...my business not so much. As hard as this may be to believe...lots of folks don't have computers for communication!
When the USPS declared the end of Saturday mail, they thought the People will rise up in indignation.
They didn't.
Now the Union has to scream bloody murder to save their phony baloney jobs. Big screw-up by the USPS politicians.
Yeah. What you said. Unions need to be reined in in terms of power to cripple the economy. They are hand in glove involved in much of the inflation in our economy, in particular the public sector unions. sd
Crazy, isn't it?
I've read no economic justifications [with volumes of mail and requisite delivery times], just the pronouncement from the PMG that it'll save $2 billion. I have to assume some skullduggery here.
Same here but 2 carriers cover over 135 miles of route , out of this one country office.
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Moret Bridge
[Le pont de Moret] 1893
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Musée d'Orsay, Paris , Bequest of Enriqueta Alsop in the name of Eduardo Mollard 1972
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In Sisley's time the towns of the Seine-et-Marne region were busy with local commerce: barges on the canal, a flour and tanning mill at Moret, boat-yards around Saint-Mammès, orchards, gardens and farms at Les Sablons. Sisley visited the area late in 1879, looking for an inexpensive place to live, and came to know it intimately. Veneux-Nadon, seventy-five kilometres from Paris, was his home from 1880; then he lived at Moret, and Les Sablons for six years, before returning to Moret in 1889. Tobias Smollett described Moret-sur-Loing as a 'very paltry' place but nineteenth-century guidebooks enthuse over its 'commanding position on the Loing, its ramparts and gateway, its huge ruined donjon and the beauties of its Gothic church'. 1
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"Biofuel production has risks and opportunities. We need to examine all the risks, so that we can take full advantage of the opportunities, for emissions cuts, for new green jobs, and for raising the standards of living for some of the world's poorest communities," he added.
UNEP spells out some of those considerations in four issues papers circulated today, which compliment a landmark report-Accessing Biofuels- launched last year by the UNEP-hosted International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management.
In Water and Bioenergy, the second in the bioenergy paper series, UNEP cites research which shows that two per cent, or 44 km3, of the global water withdrawals for irrigation are being used for bioenergy production.
But if current bioenergy standards and targets were fully implemented, a further 180km3 of irrigation water would be needed, creating additional pressure on water resources and potentially impacting on food production and water supplies, especially in those areas already experiencing water stress.
As the water footprint of bioenergy can be up to 400 times greater than that of traditional fossil fuels, the greatest challenges will be to determine how to meet future bioenergy demand without overexploiting or damaging water resources, and how to better manage bioenergy supply chains to reduce the pressure on water use and minimize impacts on water quality.
So important are the links between water and biofuel production that the UNEP is preparing a report
which for the first time examines in depth the links between biofuel production and water availability, use and quality. The report, called Zoom on the Bioenergy and Water Nexus, draws on the work of more than 40 experts and will be released early next year.
Measures that help reduce the impact of bioenergy on water include:
In another issues paper circulated today, Gain or Pain? Biofuels and Invasive Species, UNEP, UNEP's World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) say that while many of the currently available biofuels are produced from food crops that have been grown for centuries, some of the plant species being considered for advanced biofuels are potentially invasive.
The very qualities that make these plants ideal for biofuels - fast growth, ability to outperform local vegetation, abundant seed production, tolerance of and adaptability to a range of soil and climatic conditions, resistance to pests and diseases, a lack of predators - mean they could become invasive in a given landscape.
Invasive species can do serious damage to the environment, local livelihoods and economies. Careful risk assessment that weighs up the likelihood of impacts on biodiversity, and measures preventing spread are needed.
So far, in the rush to pursue the benefits of biofuels, the risk of invasive species being introduced for biofuels production has received too little attention.
The paper highlights the need for more research and sharing of information about these plants, and methods to assess the likelihood to which invasiveness could materialize.
In Beyond the Talk: Engaging Stakeholders in Bioenergy Development, UNEP examines the critical link between biodiversity and the livelihoods of communities around the world, building on a recent Decision Support Tool prepared with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) under the framework of UN Energy, a mechanism to coordinate the work on sustainable energy.
As bioenergy projects creep into the backyards of these communities, they need to be properly engaged and communicated with to ensure that these practices are not harmful to them, that land tenure is secured, and that local biodiversity providing ecosystem services is maintained.
And in Land Use, Land Use Change and Bioenergy, UNEP points to global estimate that, on current trends and with current technologies, bioenergy could compromise up to 36 per cent of arable land by 2030. This could have a serious impact on biodiversity.
The challenge is to create processes and methodologies that help designate areas that are suitable and available for bioenergy development,and those where special care needs to be applied. Comprehensive land-use planning and management systems need to be enacted.
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For more information, and to download the issues papers, please go to: www.unep.fr/energy/bioenergy/
Accessing Biofuels www.unep.fr/energy/bioenergy/documents/pdf/Assessing%20Biofuels-Summary-Web-.pdf
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Management Planning for Río Grande del Norte National MonumentThe BLM is seeking public comments on issues and concerns that should be considered during the development of a management plan for the Río Grande del Norte National Monument (Monument). The Monument Plan will amend the current land use plan through the preparation of an environmental assessment.
The Río Grande Wild and Scenic River, located within the Río Grande del Norte National Monument, includes 74 miles of the river as it passes through the 800-foot deep Río Grande Gorge. Flowing out of the snowcapped Rocky Mountains in Colorado, the river journeys 1,900 miles to the Gulf of Mexico. Here the river flows in a rugged and scenic part of northern New Mexico. The river was made a part of the National Wild and Scenic River System in 1968; among the first eight rivers Congress designated as Wild and Scenic. The river gorge is home to numerous species of wildlife, including big horn sheep, river otter, and the Río Grande cutthroat trout.
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Jason Garrison, the Brian Campbell Effect, and Regression
Thomas Drance
July 03 2012 01:43PM
Newly minted Canucks defenseman Jason Garrison was, like many of Mike Gillis' recent draft picks, a "late bloomer." Garrison went undrafted and didn't even break into the NHL until he was 24. At 27 (he'll turn 28 before the beginning of the 2012/13 season) he's only played two and a half seasons of NHL hockey, and needless to say that isn't the deepest track record for a guy who was just signed to a six year deal...
In his first half season in the NHL (2009/10), Garrison was a sheltered third pairing defenseman who got his teeth kicked in by NHL competition. In his first full season (2010/11) he played extremely tough minutes in a shutdown role with Mike Weaver, one of the most under-rated players in the league, and fared extraordinarily well against top-level competition. Then last season (2011/12), Garrison received the gift of playing full-time with Brian Campbell, an extraordinary offensive talent, in a contract year. His offensive production exploded.
So how will Garrison fare in Vancouver without Brian Campbell on his left-side? Was his 16 goal season a mirage? Also, how responsible were Weaver and Campbell for Garrison's success over the past two seasons?
These questions are pertinent - the Canucks just made a significant commitment to Garrison (six years and a full no-trade clause). In the minds of many Canucks fans, and observers around the league: Jason Garrison, the White Rock native with the staggeringly powerful point shot still has a lot to prove. So let's wade into the data and see what the numbers can tell us about Garrison's play the past two seasons, and his offensive breakout last year.
The Weaver Effect
Let's start back in 2010/11, the season in which Jason Garrison really "broke out." Sure casual fans still didn't know anything about him, but he became a darling among those who pay close attention to advanced stats. Jonathan Willis praised Jason Garrison's defensive play, and James Mirtle named him the first runner up for the Rod Langway award given to the NHL's best defensive defenseman (Dan Hamhuis was #1 that season).
During the course of that 2010/11 campaign, Jason Garrison faced the toughest minutes among all Florida Panthers defenseman, while starting most of his shifts in the defensive-zone. Despite the difficult circumstances, Garrison came out even in possession which, indicates that when Garrison was on the ice the Panthers won the on-ice battles, and managed to move play in the right direction. While Garrison deserves a fair bit of credit for this, his most frequent defensive partner that season was former Canucks cast-off Mike Weaver - who, by the numbers, is one of the best defensive defenseman in the game.
What follows is a quick "With or Without You" or WOWY table, and the numbers are taken originally from David Johnston's Hockey Analysis site. Included below are Corsi numbers (CF = Corsi Event For, CA = Corsi Event Against) and goal differential (GD) numbers. They'll allow us to see how the Panthers controlled possession with Garrison and Weaver on the ice, with just Garrison on the ice, and with just Weaver on the ice. I've included goal differential as well because frankly, results matter too - even if goals are mostly random events! To the numbers:
(A quick primer for those new to advanced stats: a Corsi number is like an expanded version of +/- that accounts for all shots, blocked shots, missed shots and goals both for and against. It's used as a proxy for possession, though it also correlates closely with scoring chance data and also: with winning hockey games).
|Corsi Dif./60
|Garrison & Weaver
|Garrison w/out Weaver
|Weaver w/out Garrison
A quick glance at this table and the Corsi differential numbers in particular, might lead you to conclude that Weaver and Garrison were worse off playing together than they were playing apart. That would be misguided because, remember: Weaver and Garrison were Florida's shut down pair in 2010/11. When Garrison and Weaver played together we can say with a reasonable degree of confidence that their circumstances were more difficult than when either player was on a different pairing (playing with Dennis Wideman, or Dmitry Kulikov).
When Garrison played without Mike Weaver he was a positive possession player, but also a ridiculously high-event defenseman. Nonetheless, he finished with an even goal differential though a lot of pucks went in at both ends during those 200 odd even-strength minutes.
Without Garrison, Weaver was an even stronger possession player though again: lots of pucks went in at both ends during those 350 odd even-strength minutes, and the Panthers were burned more often than they scored on their opposition. Playing together the two limited events considerably, which, is quite an accomplishment considering their role and deployment. As a result: few goals went in either way when they were paired together.
This was Garrison's first season in the NHL, and while he certainly wasn't quite the impact possession player that Mike Weaver was and is - looking at the differential of each defenseman when paired together, and when split up - I'd still describe their partnership as exhibiting synergy. Certainly you wouldn't describe Garrison as an anchor here...
The Brian Campbell Effect
This past season Jason Garrison played alongside blue-chip offensive defenseman Brian Campbell, a dynamic puck-mover, in a more offensively oriented role. He also spent a significant amount of time playing the right-side. The Campbell and Garrison pairing started less frequently in the defensive end than Weaver and Garrison's pairing had in the season previous; and while they played against the toughest competition the opposition had to offer, they also played with the most talented offensive players on the Panthers.
We'll get directly to the numbers, which, are laid out exactly like they were in the table above (Corsi for and against, and goal differential are included):
|Corsi Dif./60
|Garrison & Campbell
|Garrison w/out Campbell
|Campbell w/out Garrison
Here we see a somewhat similar pattern in the symbiotic relationship between Campbell and Garrison, as we saw above between Weaver and Campbell.
Garrison and Campbell were significantly better when paired together than they were apart. When Campbell wasn't paired with Garrison, he most often played with lesser possession players like Erik Gudbranson, and Dmitry Kulikov, meanwhile, when Garrison was separated from Campbell he played most often with Mike Weaver (presumably in a more traditional shutdown role).
When they were on the ice together, Campbell and Garrison's +7.69/60 Corsi differential is impressive, and the fact that the Panthers didn't outscore their opponents by a wider margin looks to me like pure luck (both Campbell and Garrison had an on-ice shooting percentage below 6% this past season). Regardless that's some Bieksa-Hamhuis quality ice-tilting.
When Campbell played apart from Garrison, he played an appreciably more high-event game - there were more shots and chances both ways, and the puck ended up more often in Florida's net, than it did in the opposition's. When Garrison was separated from Campbell, the Panthers were outshot, but managed to score as often as their opponents did.
The trend from the past two seasons indicates a couple of intuitive things. First of all, the numbers indicate that Garrison is more effective when paired with a quality defensive partner (who isn't). Secondly, while Garrison's partners tend to perform better than he does when they're separated, he's generally remained an effective possession player and an even player in terms of goal-differential regardless of who he is paired with.
The sample in this case is only about 500 minutes large, which, doesn't tell us that much - but the available data does suggest that Garrison is effective on his own, and in fact helped both Weaver and Campbell to be successful. At the very least, there's no reason to suspect that Garrison was "dead-weight."
Regression and Garrison's "Career Year."
Jason Garrison got paid this summer (27.6 million through 6 seasons, and a no-trade clause) largely as a result of his gaudy goal totals from last season (he tallied 16 times, good for third most among all NHL defenseman). On the Canucks, he'll be expected to be what he is: a steady defensive blue-liner who can find the back of the net more than your average defenseman. Cam Charron today, tempered expectations when he wrote that he expected Garrison to score "upwards of five goals" this coming season. Looking over the data, that looks to me like a base-line minimum.
After all, based only on even-strength production (Garrison scored 7 even-strength goals this past season, and added 9 on the power-play), Garrison's goal totals this past season weren't insanely out of line with his totals the season previous. The table that follows includes all of Garrison's even-strength goals (4-on-4 and 5-on-5), it includes his even-strength shots, his shot rate per sixty minutes, his personal shooting% and his on-ice shooting%.
|Garrison's Production
|ES Goals
|ES Goals/60
|ES Shots
|ES Sh/60
|ES Sh%
|On-ice SH%
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|1432: 07
In terms of Jason Garrison's shooting, he actually shot less this past season, so the jump in his goal totals was driven by the percentages and not by volume. While Garrison's personal shooting percentage took a jump, his on-ice shooting percentage was extremely low for the second year in a row. On-Ice shooting percentage tends to be very stable league-wide, and it is a rare outlier who carries an on-ice shooting percentage below 7% over a large enough sample. If you were wondering why Garrison recorded so few assists this past season, that's probably the answer.
Many expect Jason Garrison to regress this season, and they're correct, but maybe not about what direction that regression will be in. Either way, based on his even-strength goal scoring over the past two and a half seasons (Garrison also had 2 even strength goals in 38 games in his rookie campaign in 09/10) five goals is the bare minimum to expect from Garrison - assuming that he can stay healthy, and that the season isn't shortened by a lockout.
Power Playing
If Jason Garrison had added 3 power-play tallies to his 7 even-strength goals this past season, he would've been worth about a million dollars less per season on the market. But he tallied 9 times on the power-play, second most among all defenseman behind only Shea Weber.
The Canucks paid up, but power-play production tends to be more inconsistent than even-strength production is. So if you're going to argue that Jason Garrison rode Brian Campbell's coattails to a 25+ million dollar contract - the power-play might be the place to start. After all, Brian Campbell assisted on 5 of Garrison's 9 power-play goals, and was the clear quarterback of Florida's man-advantage unit.
A quick side-note: before he was traded to Florida, the Blackhawks played Brent Seabrook more on the power-play in 2010/11 than they played Brian Campbell - who had thirty power-play assists this season (not a typo). I'm a big Joel Quenneville fan but talk a misallocation of resources...
Three of Jason Garrison's power-play goals came while Florida had a two man-advantage, so, at the very least Garrison's shot should serve to replace Salo's artillery fire in those rare situations. The other six came with the Panthers up five-on-four and that's what I've chosen to focus on, for the purposes of simplicity.
Heading into this season, Jason Garrison had never scored on the power-play in well over 125 minutes of ice-time with the man-advantage. So to what extent was Garrison's power-play production an aberration driven by Brian Campbell, and luck more generally? The below table breaks things down based on goals and shots (both are also rated), as well as power-play shooting percentage, and on-ice shooting percentage:
|Garrison's PP Production
|5-on-4 Goals
|5:4 Goals/60
|5:4 Shots
|5:4 Shots/2:00
|5:4 Sh%
|5:4 On-Ice Sh%
|113: 21
|194: 21
These samples are miniscule, so we can't proceed with too much certainty. It looks to me, however, like Garrison's lack of power-play production in 2010/11 was largely bad luck. A 5.56% on-ice shooting percentage is ugly at even-strength, but on the power-play? To put it in perspective, no Canucks defenseman who regularly received power-play time has carried an on-ice shooting% below 10% since the 08/09 season.
When you look at the shot-rate in particular, it doesn't look like the addition of Brian Campbell helped to provide Jason Garrison with appreciably more opportunities to unleash that cannon of his. Also, his 13.6% personal shooting percentage with the man-advantage is high, but it's not outrageous. Six Canucks skaters (including one defenseman) carried a 5-on-4 shooting percentage above 13.6 this past season, and two defenseman in Alex Edler and Dan Hamhuis had a higher power-play shooting percentage in 2010-11.
I don't mean to pull a Coach Q and undervalue the impact a puck-mover of Brian Campbell's pedigree can have on a team's power-play unit, but it's hard to look at Garrison's offensive production and see anything altogether that unsustainable about it. After all, Henrik and Daniel Sedin are quality playmakers in their own right, and while Alex Edler is often engaged in a mortal battle with consistency, his passing ability is beyond doubt. Surely they can replace Campbell's cross ice feeds to tee up Garrison's one-timers...
Looking at the data, it seems to me that if Garrison is able to earn regular ice-time in the top-four, and plays at least second unit power-play minutes: the idea of him hitting double-figures in goals again next season isn't much of a stretch.
July 03 2012, 02:03PM
Read it all. Cookie?
I actually read most, if not all the stuff you post BTW; I need hockey! Passion for the game, by the numbers.
@Jason Garrison - I'm expecting something roughly around -2/+4 from 7 goals. I'm levelling my expectations on what I actually see when playing in uniform, and other than these past numbers, I've seen very little.
So the more than likely D-man matchups will be/ Hamhuis-Bieksa Edler-Garrison Ballard-Tanev Connauton???
Excellent article sir. Touched on some of the things I was thinking. Most people said he's bound to regress and won't be able to put up numbers because he won't be skating with Campbell anymore. As you noted, he'll now have Edler and the Sedins to tee him up, which is an improvement over Campbell and Weiss/Versteeg.
Definitely not expecting 16 goals again, and anyone who is is likely setting themselves up for disappointment. But I don't think a 5-10 goal, 30 point season is out of the question. If he can do that while providing solid defensive play this deal is a steal. If he can be the Hamhuis to Edler's Bieksa the team will be in good shape.
July 03 2012, 02:28PM
I'm taking the "under" on over/under 10 goals.
July 03 2012, 02:44PM
I happened to catch some Florida play-off games this year and Garrison (who I had not heard about before that) stood out among the Florida skaters somehow. He seemed defensively sound and drove play and was appropriately physical. So when the Canucks signed him and I saw a picture I was pleasantly surprised.
Let's hope he can make the adjustment to performing under pressure. If he disappoints (which I don't hope!!), Gillis once and for all should stop acquiring Florida players...
I'm happy to say that I've been learning more about advanced stats this summer and completely understood this post. I also expect a ribbon.
I'm expecting around 20 points - and an overall defensive improvement by giving Edler his very own "Hamhoff."
Well IMO you can look at the Campbell and Weaver effect and speculate. The fact is Garrison will not be exactly playing with chopped liver on the Vcr squad. Neither Campbell or Weaver can walk on water and will likely never win the Norris I don't see them as being that much better than the Canucks D
July 03 2012, 04:50PM
Thanks for the article, some interesting numbers there. It looks like, Garrison has some solid numbers regardless of who is on the ice with him or against him -- which hopefully translates to him being a positive or at least neutral influence in a number of roles.
Bieksa, Ehrhoff and Garrison all have now been offered very similar contracts. I have never been a fan of Ehrhoff, so I'm happy with the Garrison pickup. Hopefully, he will quiet the talk about how much the Canucks missed Ehrhoff... although I think Garrison will draw more comparisons to filling Salo's role.
Ehrhoff disappeared in the playoffs, so it is nice to see the comment about Garrison's positive visibility for the Panthers in the playoffs.
Given those awful on-ice shooting percentages, it looks like Garrison is likely to play with Edler and his shooting percentage (228 shots, 4.8%). :p And probably his buddy Raymond too (125 shots, 8.0%).
If he replaces Salo he doesn't even need to score over 10 goals. Salo had 9 this past season. Bieksa 8 and Edler led the way with 11. If Garrison gives us 7-10 goals to go along with strong defensive play and possession numbers I am okay with his contract.
Remember the amount he gets paid has more to do with market factors than on ice performance.
Also I will take the 'under' on 10 goals although I think he will get 9 or 10.


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It is hard to know exactly when it became acceptable for U.S. politicians to be antiscience. For some two centuries science was a preeminent force in American politics, and scientific innovation has been the leading driver of U.S. economic growth since World War II. Kids in the 1960s gathered in school cafeterias to watch moon launches and landings on televisions wheeled in on carts. Breakthroughs in the 1970s and 1980s sparked the computer revolution and a new information economy. Advances in biology, based on evolutionary theory, created the biotech industry. New research in genetics is poised to transform the understanding of disease and the practice of medicine, agriculture and other fields.
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The May Lunch and Learn sponsored by the Emery County Business Chamber featured Commissioner Jeff Horrocks and Commissioner Laurie Pitchforth. Their topic was doing business in Emery County. Commissioner Horrocks said the county is required to follow state law when issuing major contracts and construction. It is a requirement to ask for sealed bids on any project more than $25,000. Three bids must be obtained for projects costing more than $300 and projects up to $25,000 may be awarded with the three bid process also. Commissioner Horrocks said there has been discussion lately on local contractors doing local work. But, the correct process must be adhered to. When a bid goes out, the information goes statewide. Any contractor can bid on the project. If the project is a CIB funded project, then a public hearing must be held. The bids are submitted to the clerk/auditor's office and they are opened in commission meeting. "Unfortunately, a local contractor doesn't always get the bid. With the Aquatics Center and the care center, there wasn't a local bidder. We have pushed for contractors to use local subcontractors. We have strived to have locals work on projects. The construction class built the Children's Justice Center to help them gain experience. The contractor who built the food bank was from out of the area. They were here working on the church and they bid on it. With the roads, the Temple Mountain Road was built with a local contractor. Portions of the Moore Road were built with local contractors. The airport upgrade was local, the upgrades at the schools use local contractors. The housing authority recently bid a project for the remodel of the bathrooms and a local contractor received the bid.
"The pool didn't have a local contractor, but they hired a local supervisor. The Green River Senior Center contractor was from out of the area. As commissioners we are constantly working to keep the Emery County people working. We are working to update our purchasing policy. We have to follow a process. We have to follow the ordinances. All three commissioners are concerned about what goes on in the county. The local contractors need to be competitive against those contractors who come into the county. Our biggest export is our children. We don't have the jobs to retain them here. We need to grow the economy and shop local so we can help our kids to come back," said Commissioner Horrocks.
Commissioner Pitchforth said she appreciates the communication between the commission and Tyler Jeffs and the business chamber. "Let us know where we can help. We have been looking at the purchasing policy. I am glad the chamber has brought this up."
Commissioner Pitchforth mentioned the last two bids the county had went to local contractors, but the subs were from out of town. We need the local contractors to join in and talk to the subs so all the bids that come in can be within Emery County. We are doing what we can to help. Business is the heart of the community. If you drive through and businesses are closed, it's sad. Business is the heart of the community. We need to encourage more business into our county. We need to change the mind set. We need to shop local and support our businesses. I grew up in business. We owned a ranch, farm, dairy and a restaurant. Customer service is the key. Sam Walton said we only have one boss and that's the customer and they can fire everyone by spending their dollar somewhere else.
"If you work only for money you won't be successful," quoted Commissioner Pitchforth. She said she went to a grocery store where they made her feel good about shopping there, they smiled and helped to pack out her groceries. She went to another store, where she had a baby screaming and no one would help her so she struggled out with baby and groceries and needless to say she didn't go back, she went to the store where she was treated good. "There is a gift shop in town, where when you purchase something, you are given a little thank you gift and your purchase is wrapped so cute. One nursery I shopped at gave you a little thank you plant. Little things make all the difference in a business. One car business sold a car that was a lemon, but they let the customer pick out a new car for the same price. Managers and owners need to be good examples to their employees. They need to participate in good customer service. Never ask anything of your employees you're not willing to do yourself. We need to work together to change that mindset. Don't close at 7 p.m. I thank the chamber for wanting to help the contractors and keep our business local," said Commissioner Pitchforth.
Chamber President Tyler Jeffs said the dialogue is started and he hopes it will continue to grow and build from here. He introduced Glen Jensen from Emery Animal Health as the local business spotlight.
Jensen said he is from Redmond, and he went to nine years of school. He met his wife Leslie at Utah State and together they went to Kansas State. He worked in Moab for a time, but he knew he wanted to own his own business. He liked Emery County so he located here in 1997. Last year he opened a branch in Carbon County. He enjoys animals, dogs, cats and livestock. He grew up on a farm and they gave him the job of castrating the calves. The first animal he ever saved was a sheep. "It's really about people and their animals. Veterinary medicine is advancing and we are advancing with it," said Jensen. Emery Animal Health also serves as the county pound. They house and take care of the animals until their owners can be found. He recommends having a microchip planted in your pet, so their owner can be located if the pet becomes lost. A new program at the Emery Animal Health works to get all the animals adopted or they are sent to rescue groups where they aren't euthanized. Since October only five animals have been euthanized. Jensen said the Price office has been busy and they hope to expand the hours there. Dr. Jensen does make house calls, but it's more efficient for him if the animal is brought into the office. Dr. Jensen showed a video of his business with the employees interacting with customers and pets.
The May Lunch and Learn was catered by the Miners Table of Huntington.
The next Lunch and Learn will be in July and the topic will be creating an online business.


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LFR7 - Game 18 - Not So Wild - Tor 1, Min 2 (SO)
Steve Dangle
November 14 2013 01:12PM
Apparently I had blue pen ink on my fingers when I made this video.
The Leafs need to score more. David Clarkson needs to score
Post Game Post
David Clarkson needs to score
Will Nazem Kadri be suspended?
Why does Nazem Kadri hate Finns? Is this like that time David Backes tried to kill all the Canadians? But Naz isn't even on Team Canada!
Phone hearing, hit a goalie ermagerd, Bäckström was injured... three games?
I just watched the hit on Backstrom. Im more or less sure that Kadri didnt go in there with the intent of taking out Backstrom but he could have made more of an effort to dodge the golie. Basically, I wouldn't argue against a suspension as that hit was either preventable or the damage could could have been reduced. I think Kadri, and other players should take this as a lesson. Hockey is a sport, Id rather see players make great passing plays or something than run someone over. I'm a Leafs fan by the way.
Three games is what he gets and it doesn't seem unreasonable. I agree the second hit wasn't as bad as it first looked. I don't fault the refs since they don't have instant replay. It should have been a two minute boarding call but I can live with the five and a game. The Backstrom hit was just plain bad. There is no way to spin this other than he did exactly what he meant to do. Run over the goalie.
It does bother me that both Kulemin and Grabovski before him are held to different standards. Basically Kulemin and Clarkson are the same player except Clarkson fights. . Neither will ever score 30 again but they have other attributes. I just don't see Clarkson being any more than he is a moderately talented grinder. He is an excellent third line player, too bad the Leafs are paying him like he is a first liner.


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Subs are out. 2 streaming links:
Naruto Shippuuden 108
Naruto Shippuuden 108
Subs are out. 2 streaming links:
Naruto Shippuuden 108
Naruto Shippuuden 108
is it just me or do this fillers keep on sucking more and more every episode????
what the hell is wrong with the Japanese viewership? Shouldn't their ratings be taking a crap. A good sign fillers need to be better
Zetta Recommends: Naruto, Claymore, Death note, Elfen Lied, Berserk, Monster, One Piece, Rurouni Kenshin, Bleach,
Gameboy: "Its better to fight with honor than be silent and shit bricks"
ahhh im so tired of the there is a place for u to return thing
Kick me high, hit me low, spit on me it's gonna take more than that to break my soul.
112 "The Place to Return To" "Kaerubeki basho" (帰るべき場所) June 4, 2009
At least 4 more episodes .
Avatar and Signature by Ravona
Episode 108 .... is this my place to return to ... ?
Ok lemme go waste some bandwith >_> Thx for the links.
Currently Reading:
Naruto, Bleach, Fairy Tail, Gantz, Medaka Box, Beelzebub, Soul Eater, Claymore, Ao no Exorcist
This filler sucks so badly, a fountain in the stomach of the 3 tail. OH my LORD!!!
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- the administration and supervision of overall planning for instructional, research and creative activity, and public service programs;
- academic development and program review;
- development of the Academic Master Plan;
- advising the board on the status of current programs and the need for the addition or deletion of programs;
- facilitating student access to courses, programs, and academic support services;
- the review, revision, and administration of faculty personnel policies and procedures; and
- consulting with systemwide governance on matters of academic policy.
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