26CornerBlitz Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 (edited) @buffalobills #Bills have hired a Director of Analytics, per @RussBrandon Bills Hire Analytics Man: Russ Brandon announced on WGR this morning that the team has hired Mike Lyons to be the director of the new analytics departments. He is a Western New York native with 20 years of analytics experience at Xerox. He will be involved in the football department and everything that has a probability factor along with dealing with salary cap issues. Edited October 30, 2013 by 26CornerBlitz
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 The long awaited department of analytics has arrived!! will be curious if this guy does anything other than salary cap issues.
BillnutinHouston Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 Per Brandon's interview, this role may include providing cards for Marrone to use on the sideline to help him make decisions in various game situations. Pretty cool.
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 Per Brandon's interview, this role may include providing cards for Marrone to use on the sideline to help him make decisions in various game situations. Pretty cool. That would be cool. Imagine being some number cruncher at Xerox and now you get to be walking the sideline, telling an NFL coach to go for it on 4th down.
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 By the way, didn't some dude post in here several months ago, inquiring about getting a job in the then-mythogical analytics department? Wonder if he can now make that dream a reality.
NoSaint Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 Sounds like the type of guy someone on here will know personally or professionally. As I've neglected scouting xerox, I eagerly await finding out whether I should like this guy or not.
26CornerBlitz Posted October 30, 2013 Author Posted October 30, 2013 Bills launch analytics department with hire of Lyons: http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-2/Bills-launch-analytics-department-with-hire-of-Lyons/3bf96f90-a18a-4845-aaae-2d20cc83d72b Bills President and CEO Russ Brandon called it a long and thorough process, but the team’s plan to be a progressive and attacking organization has taken a big step forward with the hiring of their Director of Analytics. Michael Lyons, a former MIT and University of Rochester Simon School of Business graduate and 25-year employee at Xerox, will begin to develop the Bills’ analytics department from the ground up. “Mike will be leading the department and he will work with different project teams along the way,” said Brandon. “We have a lot of pieces in place already here through the football administrative department and through the things we want to do business-wise. We have a long list of things for Mike to start working on.” Lyons will work with several department heads on both the football and business sides of the organization. “He’ll work closely with (Senior VP of Football Administration) Jim Overdorf, (Player Personnel Analyst) Kevin Meganck, Steven Brown, who is the assistant to coach Marrone. In the offseason he’ll work with coach Marrone directly and myself. Then as we broaden the scope of what we want to do he’ll work very heavily with the business department.”
CodeMonkey Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 That would be cool. Imagine being some number cruncher at Xerox and now you get to be walking the sideline, telling an NFL coach to go for it on 4th down. That would be fun. Bring on the MoneyBall baby.
Billadelphia Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 Let me be the first to say 'Mike Lyons is CHEAP!!'
CodeMonkey Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 Sounds like the type of guy someone on here will know personally or professionally. As I've neglected scouting xerox, I eagerly await finding out whether I should like this guy or not. I work at Xerox. I don't know him but I'm going to ask around.
The Wiz Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 (edited) Per Brandon's interview, this role may include providing cards for Marrone to use on the sideline to help him make decisions in various game situations. Pretty cool. Which interview? I heard him on wgr this morning say that he wouldn't be involved in game planning or decisions. Unless it was meant as a supporting function and not actual "coaching". Edited October 30, 2013 by The Wiz
26CornerBlitz Posted October 30, 2013 Author Posted October 30, 2013 10/30 Russ Brandon on Howard Simon Show: http://audio.wgr550.com/hosting/media/wgr550/1268190/1030-russ-b.mp3?rhidownloadlink=true Brandon announces the Bills have an analytics analyst.
first_and_ten Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 Let me be the first to say 'Mike Lyons is CHEAP!!'
BillsFanM.D. Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 (edited) I'll bet he's great at making copies. Rob Schneider anyone? Let me be the first to say 'Mike Lyons is CHEAP!!' Solid work. Edited October 30, 2013 by BillsFanM.D.
BillsFanM.D. Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 hahahaha. That's perfect I can't get the picture to stay on post. Looks like I need some analytics.
Coach Tuesday Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 The Bills are already ahead of where they've been in this department. Whenever I hear Marrone speak, he's quoting percetanges and stats - it's clear he's a student of analytics and applies it to his coaching. And it's on both sides of the ball. Last week one of the announcers mentioned that Marrone told him that when Sproles is on the field, the Saints pass 80% of the time. You hear this type of thing from Marrone all of the time. He's light years ahead of previous Bills' coaches when it comes to analytics and it shows in their preparation each week. I'm happy about it.
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