The reason I've always thought 2-3-2 is a weak format for the "advantage" team is pretty simple and relies on two premises.
The obvious premise to home field advantage is that, if you win all your home games, you win the series.
But I've always thought home field advantage carries (or should carry, from a normative standpoint) a second, more subtle premise: if you are the "advantage" team and win all your home games, you should never be behind in a series. You should always be either winning the series or tied. There's a significant psychological impact that comes with being behind in a series, and I've always thought it was lame that the "advantage" team can end up not only behind but also on the brink of elimination after game 5 if both teams simply win their home games.
Conversely, that's why I love the 2-3-2 if I'm the "3" team. At least before a series starts, anyway.
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Last edited by LonghornDub; 10-20-2011 at 11:19 PM.
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