PS 56 Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 Money Ball here we come. Who does Brad Pitt play in the new movie?
eball Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 I understand that point and agree to an extent but at what point do we draw the line? Great HC's are ones who make clutch decisions and have proven results. I just dont want to end up with a coach who may rely more on analytics then gut calls. CBF Well, I do.
drinkTHEkoolaid Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 Well, I do. Me too. Sign me up for a coach that does whatever gives him the best mathematical chance to win.
Buffalo Barbarian Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 @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. xerox? knowing stats is one thing but not having football experience is a concern. 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. my coach better know how to make decisions on his own. Too many chefs in the kitchen.
eball Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 xerox? knowing stats is one thing but not having football experience is a concern. You don't need a lick of "football experience" to chart how often NFL teams are successful running the ball on 3rd and one from inside the opponent's 20 yard line. Stats are stats.
Buffalo Barbarian Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 You don't need a lick of "football experience" to chart how often NFL teams are successful running the ball on 3rd and one from inside the opponent's 20 yard line. Stats are stats. so why hire someone, just have a computer do it. Also I thought they would be involved in draft as well.
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 Me too. Sign me up for a coach that does whatever gives him the best mathematical chance to win. I am pretty sure Marrone's gut feeling to challenge two spot calls last week, where the ref was almost entirely blind, would not be supported by any of Lyons' computer models.
Buffalo Barbarian Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 I can't get the picture to stay on post. Looks like I need some analytics. Health.gov will be right on it!
26CornerBlitz Posted October 30, 2013 Author Posted October 30, 2013 Health.gov will be right on it! Healthcare.gov. Get it right dammit!!!
DDD Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 Let me be the first to say 'Mike Lyons is CHEAP!!'
NoSaint Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 (edited) so why hire someone, just have a computer do it. Also I thought they would be involved in draft as well. because somebody has to set up the computer programs and design the tracking to get accurate data. unless you have a "how to make football and business choices" app already. the department will have hands on all kinds of football, and business decisions that can be tracked and analyzed. Edited October 30, 2013 by NoSaint
drinkTHEkoolaid Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 xerox? knowing stats is one thing but not having football experience is a concern. my coach better know how to make decisions on his own. Too many chefs in the kitchen. Its not about too many chefs per say, but giving your coach the most accurate information for him to make his decisions
NoSaint Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 Its not about too many chefs per say, but giving your coach the most accurate information for him to make his decisions when i want a perfect meal, i prefer my chef be handed a basket of random ingredients like on chopped and know nothing about me. who needs recipes or knowledge of who they are cooking for.
Jauronimo Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 so why hire someone, just have a computer do it. Also I thought they would be involved in draft as well. Which key does that again? One of those tricky F ones at the top I'm guessing. Seriously, how are you even on the internet?
26CornerBlitz Posted October 30, 2013 Author Posted October 30, 2013 Russ Brandon is coming on WGR to discuss analytics with regard to the Bills in the 4 PM hour.
NoSaint Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 Which key does that again? One of those tricky F ones at the top I'm guessing. Seriously, how are you even on the internet? i think there is a shift or ctrl in there too
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 F5 Actually, the department of analytics just determined that hitting F5 is actually less efficient at refreshing the browser than using the mouse to hit the semi-circle at the top of the page.
Jauronimo Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 I'm both surprised and amused by the "Separation of Math and Football" crowd. Such mistrust of statistical analysis.
eball Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 Actually, the department of analytics just determined that hitting F5 is actually less efficient at refreshing the browser than using the mouse to hit the semi-circle at the top of the page. There's a chart that depicts the relative refresh speeds of hitting F5 vs. using the mouse based upon screen size and location of the mouse pointer when the decision to refresh is reached.
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