09-27-2022, 12:49 PM
(09-27-2022, 12:06 PM)RegularGuy22 Wrote: All this analytics stuff is fine but what about old fashioned gut feel?
Gut feel is sub-optimal. If you aren't utilizing some kind of analytical data in your decision making, you're putting yourself at a disadvantage. Most "gut feels" are conservative calls and you can miss out on opportunities to put yourself ahead. Some teams in the NFL are building what essentially amounts to a data science division, employing a large number of data scientists and analysts to give them an analytical advantage.
At the end of the day, football is just a game where a bunch of guys run around on a field and produce all kinds of numbers. Not analyzing those numbers doesn't make much sense in the grand scheme of things. It's just math and statistics, and you can see a tangible benefit on the field by using them.
