Interesting Article from Bleacher Report On Fixes for the Cowboys

[ufcrules1]

Sadly, it all comes down to the same ol, same ol, Jerry. No matter who comes in, whether it's a puppet which Jerry will control from day one, or a seasoned vet like Gruden or Cowher, it's only a matter of time before jerry cuts the legs out from them. Seen this movie too many times.

This right here ^^. Jerry leaves or we are screwed any freaking way you look at it.

 

[wileedog]

Bill James says hi.

While I don't question their value, I don't know that analytics will ever have the predictive abilities in football that they do in baseball. The sample sizes are always much, much smaller.

 

[khiladi]

Kiffin was not a Garrett decision.

Yeah, Garrett brings in people like his brother and then makes them passing game coordinator only to majorly suck and have to go be a WR coach at Tampa....

 

[khiladi]

analytics are the future? Oh BS. They are not going to make much of a difference. Mainly because there are too many variables for them to really be all that much use.

That and it's all after the fact... Nothing worse than stats than more stats...

 

[car351]

I think it's a hopeless cause. This team is about to get worse, not better.

Changing coaches is just rearranging chairs again.

I agree. Am I Doom and gloom or harsh realist I dunno. In my very amateur opinion of the future, this season of atrocious defense with mediocre won loss record will mark a beginning to some consistent losing records for this team for a minimum of 3 years starting next year. Apologies for 'sky is falling' opinion, just how I see it unfolding.

 

[Common Sense]

While I don't question their value, I don't know that analytics will ever have the predictive abilities in football that they do in baseball. The sample sizes are always much, much smaller.

I can agree with that. At the same time, I think that the concepts learned from baseball can be applied to other sports in a completely different way. They definitely serve a different role in the NFL than they did/do in MLB but are equally useful in the right contexts. For example, financial metrics are probably more important than game stats when you're underneath a salary cap.

I think there are probably a lot of really interesting, complex ways to pick apart the draft and how it relates to a team's monetary resources/draft picks that could help teams become more efficient at drafting and managing the salary cap, at least in terms of rookie production versus expensive free agent contracts. Sure, everyone knows this on an intuitive level, but what if you can get it down to a science? Think about situational football. Good coaches instinctively known when to go for two in the fourth quarter, but someone with a lot of brain power put it all together in a pretty fool-proof chart -- that's basic addition compared to what's possible with the right mental resources at work. Remember when the Patriots decided that it was more economical to stock up on second round picks than any other round? It didn't work, but at least they put together a testable model. Eventually, someone is going to get it right, and everyone else is going to be playing catch-up trying to imitate it.

 

[Disturbed]

The owner and coach may be an issue, but the team just does not have the talent. Dallas has paid a few players huge salaries and then filled in everywhere else with average to below average players. When the few very talented players get hurt the team fails. The talent is not deep enough to "win" but maybe talented enough to "sell tickets". Jerry cares about selling tickets and merchandise (making money) not winning.

And the players with huge salaries are old and/or not performing. The model used by Dallas is to make money....Jerry does not say this directly but his actions speak louder than words. Jerry is a salesmen who says all the right things to keep everyone interested in the goods he is selling. The only way Jerry cares about winning is if it translates into more money for him.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

analytics are the future? Oh BS. They are not going to make much of a difference. Mainly because there are too many variables for them to really be all that much use.

Sorry but reducing the complexity is just a matter of time and experience. Correlation is what it is. I think you miss the point of what analysis is.

 

[basstapp]

Did it seriously list Brent Grimes as a big cb ?

 

[Eddie]

I think it's a hopeless cause. This team is about to get worse, not better.

Changing coaches is just rearranging chairs again.

Jerry Jones will never allow an innovative HC to run this team.