July 1, 2016
FFS Friday: Which SEC Teams Lost the Most Offensive Production?
There are just too many visualisations screaming out for makeovers. Following on the huge success of Makeover Monday, I’ve been occasionally sprinkling in other days, like #WTFWednesday and #FixItFriday. But Fix It Friday didn’t really do it for me, so today I’m changing it to #FFSFriday. Not sure what FFS is? Google it.
Today I’m going to look at this viz from Saturday Down South.
What works well?
- Clear title
- Including the % returning for context
- Using team colors
- Sorting works well
- Using the team logos instead of the names
What doesn’t work well?
- Because the bars themselves aren’t sorted, I find it a bit hard to follow
- Including all of the numbers clutters the viz
- The title, while clear, doesn’t tell the story as well as it could.
For my version, I changed the story to be about the teams that lost the most offensive production. The tooltips help to provide the addtional content, moving the numbers out of the visualisation and reducing distraction.
If you’d like to give this chart a makeover, you can find the data here (XLS) and here (TDE). Then post an image on twitter with the hashtag #FFSFriday. Most importantly, have fun!
January 12, 2015
Makeover Monday: Which SEC Schools Have Most Alums in the NFL?
Simple enough, yet so annoying that they aren't sorted in descending order, though it is true that an alphabetical sort is faster for finding a team. Magnitude is also more difficult than necessary to understand in a table.
With a few simple clicks, I created this interactive version in Tableau.
On my version, the bars are ranked and I included the % of total SEC players in the NFL for each team to give the numbers more context.
You can download the data here and the workbook here.
