My biggest objection to this piece is the quantification of skill along one axis, "the good scale". A beat B, B beat C, A loses to C should tell you that there

My biggest objection to this piece is the quantification of skill along one axis, "the good scale". A beat B, B beat C, A loses to C should tell you that there most be something sophisticated going that your model isn't capturing. American Football fans will surely remember when Vince Young was starting his career with the Titans and all the commentators had this standard line "He just wins games!" because his team was winning despite his terrible numbers. This analysis doesn't strike me as any more substantial than that ridiculous phrase.