(12-23-2019, 01:19 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote:

(12-22-2019, 08:22 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: Agreed. 

If Tony Khan is in the mix for a GM spot or just an increased role in personnel steering, then I think it will be because he can point to specific instances over the years where his analytics were ignored to the team's detriment.

sidenote: I think it's funny that some folks believe Tony Khan has spent this many years analyzing and evaluating NCAA and NFL player performance and somehow knows nothing about football. He could probably take 80% of this board to school on X's and O's at this point.

I think you may be exaggerating Tony’s experience a bit. No doubt he has more experience in FO and the business-side of football, but I’d be surprised if he’s capable of schooling most diehard fans. Coaches spend decades learning about the X’s and O’s, and they spend much of their time doing it. While it isn’t absolutely necessary, Tony doesn’t even have experience playing football, and I’d be surprised if the coaches are spending time teaching him how to review players and plays as they do. Being good at this job requires a lot of time, and it’s hard to imagine Tony dedicated enough of it when he’s splitting it between football, soccer, and wrestling (and whatever else).

  Tony claims to have been a diehard (analytical) fan since childhood (he was predicting super bowl victors on his local radio station in eighth grade) and on through his college years at Illinois where he began dabbling in analytics. He has run an analytics firm since 2012. 

How exactly is he supposed to have analyzed situational football statistics if he doesn't know the x's and o's? 

I think you are underestimating the work he's put into this endeavour. 

The "never playing football" thing has been debunked a hundred times over by successful coaches and executives that never played. 
But to your point - Tony briefly coached a college intramural football team when he was a senior in high school. Their regular coach was his mentor and asked him to fill in while he was ill. I doubt that was haphazardly doled out to a kid who wasn't already student of the game.  

I find it unwise to make assumptions about a person's knowledge and understanding of a topic based on a personal perception formulated with limited scope.

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