the wrong thing.
He could have replied with something more along the lines of "Yeah, you are right they aren't "determined" by the rankings, but there is some perception that comes along with rankings". Instead when someone says they are not determined by rankings he goes with
http://tigerboard.com/boards/view.php?message=19397101
Also, I am convinced that he actually believed it was 1 for 1 when he said it.