Quote:Football isn't real life. It's a game….with scoring…. which entails numbers….. which means analytics aren't arbitrary, they are logical to apply.


Still… I like your statement about "gut" vs. incorrectly applied analysis.

You'll also be happy to know that Caldwell and Bradley both seem to look at this analytics thing with narrowed eyes. They might just be squinting though. Not sure.

You're right. It's a game with constraints and well defined rules. I just can't help but think that it's really difficult to determine what data is relevant, to model consequences, to simulate an opponent, all with a fairly limited data set by nature of the small sample size of regular season games and relatively high player turnover.


It's pretty fascinating though and I wouldn't mind being a fly on the wall for some of these conversations between the analytics group and Gus....

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