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Can you explain it to me? I'm in that business and I have no idea what she does.
His silence speaks volumes.
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Can you explain it to me? I'm in that business and I have no idea what she does.
Do those numbers change every year? I would think since analytics have been around for about 20 years used in sports, each year’s results don’t change the decision tree all that much.Analytics departments are used in player evaluation, positional contract/cap strategy, and optimizing in game decisions. The coach and GM can choose to ignore the data, but to outright refuse to examine it and understand the potential impact is just blind arrogance.
My algorithm predicted that.I analyzed this and determined I really don’t care.
Could be farmed out too through an agency and not an employee.How do you know we aren’t? Pretty bold to assume that just because we don’t have a “department” doesn’t mean we use it.
Jrob and Vrabel both specifically talk about their use of analytics and looking at that data.
Could be farmed out too through an agency and not an employee.
Analytics departments are used in player evaluation, positional contract/cap strategy, and optimizing in game decisions. The coach and GM can choose to ignore the data, but to outright refuse to examine it and understand the potential impact is just blind arrogance.
yeah I disagree but to each their own...
football, as a true team game, makes analytics harder because what 1 guy is doing is in fact largely impacting at least the guys within arms reach of him and probably all his teammates. Lack of passrush exposing coverage for to long of a time as an example.
But analytics itself is quite useful when used properly. In other sports with larger sample sizes and less dependence on teammates for any given players performance, baseball in particular, analytics has triumphed over counter stats & tools
Even low level amateurs use analytics in baseball these days and ALL professional teams do. Because the numbers truly represent ability
I doubt football could ever be like that because of the interdependence
but knowing results of say an inside CB vs outside IS a thing and hopefully that obvious stuff is being used by the Titans even if they are not paying for an analytics person.
And other traditional football stats could be considered analytics... thinking of punt hang time here. Probably a crap ton of line drive punters before Ray Guy. I know lots of teams did not even have specialty kickers until the 50s possibly into 60s. Just used whichever lineman was best at it for the most part.
But is the titans or Vrabel? I think we see enough other gambles from Vrabel that an analytics person may be worthless. He makes weird decisions multiple times throughout each year and some end up super costly.You want proof that the Titans aren't using analytics correctly? Just look at their record with punting vs. gambling on 4th down. That is one of the easiest things to figure out with even a base level of understanding of the math, yet the Titans repeatedly get it wrong (including in the highest-leverage situations).
There is a wealth of data and articles explaining all this, but here is a good place to start: Is the N.F.L. Over Punting?
You want proof that the Titans aren't using analytics correctly? Just look at their record with punting vs. gambling on 4th down. That is one of the easiest things to figure out with even a base level of understanding of the math, yet the Titans repeatedly get it wrong (including in the highest-leverage situations).
There is a wealth of data and articles explaining all this, but here is a good place to start: Is the N.F.L. Over Punting?
True, except the coaches/FO have never commented on it, and won't say if they are or aren't.Could be farmed out too through an agency and not an employee.
The Browns had the same record as us last year, so yeah, I'd say it's going well for them.Seems to have worked well for the Jags and Browns...
The Browns had the same record as us last year, so yeah, I'd say it's going well for them.
Also it's gone very well for the Ravens and Colts in particular, who are two of the top teams in the league at going for it on 4th down over the past few years. Both are known to use their analytics team pretty heavily.