More established coaches (e.g. Belicheck) go for it more because they're less

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May 5, 2015
7:24:07am

ChinoCoug

More established coaches (e.g. Belicheck) go for it more because they're less

likely to get fired due to short-term misfortunes. They talk about this in the book Scorecasting by Tobias Moskowitz.

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ChinoCoug

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Bloomberg article casts Astros' analytics intensity as a business move.

ChinoCoug

5/5/15 6:43am

The shift has reduced ground ball batting averages by 30 points!

ChinoCoug

5/5/15 6:49am

This makes me think we will start seeing "machines" providing in-game insights

Busiturtle

5/5/15 6:51am

I'm sure some operations research guy can take bat f/x and design optimal pitch

ChinoCoug

5/5/15 6:55am

and yet...football is still busy punting the ball, even though analytics say no.

Iman23

5/5/15 7:13am

More established coaches (e.g. Belicheck) go for it more because they're less

ChinoCoug

5/5/15 7:24am

Could BYU use data in deciding who to recruit? Could we get an edge to help win?

scott715

5/5/15 10:22am

I ask myself that question all the time. Bronco has rejected the services of

ChinoCoug

5/5/15 11:22am

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