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08-16-2014, 12:09 PM
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/packers-exploring-benefits-of-analytics-in-player-personnel-scouting-b99331427z1-271478841.html
Its already everywhere else (coaching, training, cap and contract) inside Oneida St. The Vikings and Bears are doing it, so Ted is going to give it a shot. Bob gives a nice summary of who is doing what elsewhere in the League. He also provides the template for EVERY business discussion among existing personnel to a new idea or approach.
Just as it was in the "Moneyball" experience in Oakland, resistance is commonplace in the NFL.
"You know what? It's all a crock of (expletive)," one veteran scout said. "They're going to tell you if a guy can play or cannot play? C'mon."
Said another: "Who knows what it (analytics) is? To me, it's common sense. If you can't evaluate players, I don't give a damn what type of analytics you have."
And a third: "We got an analytics guys who said, 'Well, the metrics of the height-weight-speed proportion of the lean muscle mass are to a point, why not take a shot on him as a free agent?'
"I go, 'The (expletive) never makes any plays.'"
This is Bob at his best. Has a note about how a previous analytics guy was very positive on acquiring Clay Matthews and Raji in 2009.
Its already everywhere else (coaching, training, cap and contract) inside Oneida St. The Vikings and Bears are doing it, so Ted is going to give it a shot. Bob gives a nice summary of who is doing what elsewhere in the League. He also provides the template for EVERY business discussion among existing personnel to a new idea or approach.
Just as it was in the "Moneyball" experience in Oakland, resistance is commonplace in the NFL.
"You know what? It's all a crock of (expletive)," one veteran scout said. "They're going to tell you if a guy can play or cannot play? C'mon."
Said another: "Who knows what it (analytics) is? To me, it's common sense. If you can't evaluate players, I don't give a damn what type of analytics you have."
And a third: "We got an analytics guys who said, 'Well, the metrics of the height-weight-speed proportion of the lean muscle mass are to a point, why not take a shot on him as a free agent?'
"I go, 'The (expletive) never makes any plays.'"
This is Bob at his best. Has a note about how a previous analytics guy was very positive on acquiring Clay Matthews and Raji in 2009.