Former Steelers GM Kevin Colbert believes the NFL overuses analytics. #Steelers
"We had analytic people, and I used to challenge them. I said, ‘when you guys can, let me know when you can measure the intangibles."
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An editor told me earlier today that aggregation was just a way for people who never would have gotten jobs in journalism to get jobs in journalism. To understand that is to understand why they get so defensive whenever anyone questions aggregators.
A coach told me earlier today that analytics was just a way for people who never would have gotten jobs in football to get jobs in football. To understand that is to understand why they get so defensive whenever anyone questions analytics.
One of the most frustrating aspects of the 4th down discourse is the persistent claim that teams aren't taking things like competition, weather, etc into account. It's simply not true!
Joe Judge, asked about how analytics factors into his 4th down decisions: "Analytics is just a tool ... You can look at a stat sheet all ya want. I promise ya if Excel was gonna win football games, Bill Gates would be killing it right now. But you've got to take those numbers ...
Hey kids don’t drink the analytic Kool Aid. Go watch a @CP3 video 14-19 9-9 Ft. All Mid-Range Shots. 37 points. Get better at all-around shooting and take what defense gives you and not force shots because some mathematical Genius thinks it is a better shot! #midrange
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