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BeforeThis was an interview with McCarthy and King after his hire?
It’s posted in one of these post somewhere from today
BeforeThis was an interview with McCarthy and King after his hire?
Love the concept of this FINALLY coming to the Cowboys.
About a month ago. You can find here: https://cowboyszone.com/threads/mike-mccarthy-on-how-he-has-changed.450489/This was an interview with McCarthy and King after his hire?
Sounds like common sense that should have been going on for 20 years but Garrett was so stubborn that he would never quit using plays in situations where they never worked. He just insisted on not changing. He could still be the coach if he had any self awareness and common sense at all.
Wow.From a 2017 S.I. Article
DALLAS COWBOYS
The Cowboys have quietly been leaders in analytics, to the point where personnel chief Will McClay—who has a traditional scouting and coaching background—served as the team’s director of football research as a precursor to his current job as senior director of college/pro scouting. COO Stephen Jones is all-in, too. Dallas was one of the first NFL teams to implement the Catapult player tracking system that Chip Kelly used at Oregon, and the team hired data scientist Tom Robinsonto take McClay’s old spot with plans to add staff underneath him. Coach Jason Garrett, too, has been a driver in making Dallas one of the organizations more open to the changing landscape.
https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/06/28/n...-school-approach-draft-game-planning-charting
Eagles and Panthers have entire analytics departments. Carolina started this year, Phillies been at it a while
https://www.espn.com/blog/philadelp...ide-roadmap-to-analytics-driven-future-of-nfl
https://www.panthers.com/news/meet-taylor-rajack-panthers-first-director-of-football-analytics
https://theriotreport.com/carolina-panthers-are-ground-zero-in-the-battle-of-analytics/
Yeah, I did many years of medical informatics. A lot of smart people have no idea how to interpret data correctly. In football I always cringe when someone says something like "we are 25-2 when "x" player runs the ball at least 20 times -- how could we only give it to him 12 times".This is a great point. I work in research and analytics. I see a lot of people use our data incorrectly and it doesn't do them any good. I see others who use the information, combined with their industry expertise, and dominate. What excites me about this situation is MM should have the experience, background, and football knowledge to use the information to his advantage. He has real life (game) experience - it's the combination of that experience and the insights gained from analytics that will hopefully make a huge difference.
McCarthy will work in mysterious ways.So..
Of much of the info coming out about this McCarthy hire..
The fact he added to his base knowledge while off last year with adding analytics to his game planning is interesting and should help us immediately.
You would think most HCs would not have time to incorporate this directly..
leaving it to an assistant to do it.
Which is not the same as the person calling the plays and monitoring game flow.
And let's be clear..you have to be pretty darn smart to understand the numbers and use them well.
So obviously Mc Carthy is no dummy.
I took several statistical college courses and using numeric output to arrive at predicting outcomes is a little bit errie.
I was a psych major training lab rats in behavior modification.
At times stats implicates results you question but as you study it..are correct more often than not.
Recently it was revealed the Cowboys were not using analytics in playcalling.
It was plainly said they did not recognize it, yet teams all over the NFL were moving in that direction.
McCarthy being proficient in it was something Dallas could immediately now use thru McCarthy.
Interesting.
A quick about face if you ask me.
Be very interested in any of you out there who understand this and can add something about its function and use.
McCarthy seems a different breed of cat.
We shall see.
Yeah, I did many years of medical informatics. A lot of smart people have no idea how to interpret data correctly. In football I always cringe when someone says something like "we are 25-2 when "x" player runs the ball at least 20 times -- how could we only give it to him 12 times".
So..
Of much of the info coming out about this McCarthy hire..
The fact he added to his base knowledge while off last year with adding analytics to his game planning is interesting and should help us immediately.
You would think most HCs would not have time to incorporate this directly..
leaving it to an assistant to do it.
Which is not the same as the person calling the plays and monitoring game flow.
And let's be clear..you have to be pretty darn smart to understand the numbers and use them well.
So obviously Mc Carthy is no dummy.
I took several statistical college courses and using numeric output to arrive at predicting outcomes is a little bit errie.
I was a psych major training lab rats in behavior modification.
At times stats implicates results you question but as you study it..are correct more often than not.
Recently it was revealed the Cowboys were not using analytics in playcalling.
It was plainly said they did not recognize it, yet teams all over the NFL were moving in that direction.
McCarthy being proficient in it was something Dallas could immediately now use thru McCarthy.
Interesting.
A quick about face if you ask me.
Be very interested in any of you out there who understand this and can add something about its function and use.
McCarthy seems a different breed of cat.
We shall see.
All analytics can do for you is to help you select the right players for your schemes, and once you got them, put them in the optimal position situationally to win -- something many complained Garrett failed to do.Analytics is meaningless if your guys don't execute or the other guys out-execute your guys. This is still just football. I think Madden videos and Fantasy football have stripped away common sense.
Garrett was a proponent of analytics. That did him/us no good when wide open players dropped passes or the QB couldn't get the ball to them. Or kickers miss kicks or punters get punts blocked. Oh, how about defensive players missing tackles...Good grief, it's just football..
...Selecting the right players that other teams don't select first and selecting the right players that you can afford...All analytics can do for you is to help you select the right players for your schemes, and once you got them, put them in the optimal position situationally to win -- something many complained Garrett failed to do.
It is just football.Analytics is meaningless if your guys don't execute or the other guys out-execute your guys. This is still just football. I think Madden videos and Fantasy football have stripped away common sense.
Garrett was a proponent of analytics. That did him/us no good when wide open players dropped passes or the QB couldn't get the ball to them. Or kickers miss kicks or punters get punts blocked. Oh, how about defensive players missing tackles...Good grief, it's just football..
It's like quantum physics. Difficult to understand. Difficult to explain. But can't be denied.So..
Of much of the info coming out about this McCarthy hire..
The fact he added to his base knowledge while off last year with adding analytics to his game planning is interesting and should help us immediately.
You would think most HCs would not have time to incorporate this directly..
leaving it to an assistant to do it.
Which is not the same as the person calling the plays and monitoring game flow.
And let's be clear..you have to be pretty darn smart to understand the numbers and use them well.
So obviously Mc Carthy is no dummy.
I took several statistical college courses and using numeric output to arrive at predicting outcomes is a little bit errie.
I was a psych major training lab rats in behavior modification.
At times stats implicates results you question but as you study it..are correct more often than not.
Recently it was revealed the Cowboys were not using analytics in playcalling.
It was plainly said they did not recognize it, yet teams all over the NFL were moving in that direction.
McCarthy being proficient in it was something Dallas could immediately now use thru McCarthy.
Interesting.
A quick about face if you ask me.
Be very interested in any of you out there who understand this and can add something about its function and use.
McCarthy seems a different breed of cat.
We shall see.