dwmyers
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One of the things folks have to realize is that the analytics available to fans almost all derive from computer analysis of play by play data, which began to be available in the early 2000s. From these kinds of raw data, guys like Brian Burke could take a ten year block of PBP data, consume it with an expected points model, and then come to some conclusions about what strategies are good on 4th down and whatever on the X yard line. And when Belichick started using some of that stuff and failed, that's when popular awareness of analytics appeared.
These are not the same analytics folks like Chip Kelly were using, as what they could do was put sensors on athletes and then figure out sustained and peak athletic performance of these players. This kind of analytics has been heavily embraced by the professional community.
So I think before you ask if Coach X or Coach Y is using analytics, what kind of analytics are you talking about?
And to the OPs point, what he's calling "analytics" I would call film study, and that was an innovation dating to the 1940s that markedly changed the game (along with platooning). You start seeing modern defenses appearing along with film and athletes who were pure defensive specialists. For someone wondering about those old changes, read any autobiographical book by Bobby Layne. He was a QB around when the NFL went from the 5-2/5-3 fronts to the four man fronts that Landry helped pioneer.
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These are not the same analytics folks like Chip Kelly were using, as what they could do was put sensors on athletes and then figure out sustained and peak athletic performance of these players. This kind of analytics has been heavily embraced by the professional community.
So I think before you ask if Coach X or Coach Y is using analytics, what kind of analytics are you talking about?
And to the OPs point, what he's calling "analytics" I would call film study, and that was an innovation dating to the 1940s that markedly changed the game (along with platooning). You start seeing modern defenses appearing along with film and athletes who were pure defensive specialists. For someone wondering about those old changes, read any autobiographical book by Bobby Layne. He was a QB around when the NFL went from the 5-2/5-3 fronts to the four man fronts that Landry helped pioneer.
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