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    It doesn't add up! (Athletic Article)

    I mean, isn't one of the most important parts of coaching cladding your team from the emotional roller coaster of a game to help them maintain focus and perform to the best of their ability? I am not discounting that, I just don't speak to it because I think PC is pretty much one of the best if...
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    NBA Playoffs Thread

    That's the thing about the Warriors though, isn't it? Like, you can have them dead to rights and then they go off like they had you the whole time. I do think the injuries are going to finally erode the possibility of that happening but...
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    It doesn't add up! (Athletic Article)

    Well that's part of what is seemingly ineffable - okay, so perhaps it is a few changes here and there, but what informs one of those specific points and gives the 'aha' moment that perhaps there was a better call or action? To refer back to my own gaming hobby, sometimes you can do everything...
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    It doesn't add up! (Athletic Article)

    For computerized table top game I play, that resembles football and rugby in a few ways, the reason for kicking first is simple - you know exactly what you need to do in the 2nd half to win, whereas that information is less known if you receive first. If you received first the execution revolves...
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    It doesn't add up! (Athletic Article)

    The Tyler Lockett point is a good one that I think clearly illustrates something I'm kind of struggling with - absolute returns vs. relative returns. In both facets he was aces but the relative ones would likely diminish with more balls thrown his way. So perhaps then strict relative returns on...
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    It doesn't add up! (Athletic Article)

    So in to reply of knowone, I found these two articles from the same source: http://www.footballperspective.com/any- ... ercentage/ https://www.footballperspective.com/cor ... with-wins/ The first paints a picture that ANYA, has a very volatile correlation to winning % over time. Some years...
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    It doesn't add up! (Athletic Article)

    Thank you knownone and AgentDib for the great replies and something to think about! :irishdrinkers:
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    It doesn't add up! (Athletic Article)

    Well to hold the example of McVay, does one game disrepute what he has done so far? Is getting pantsed by the best in the biz a millstone that discredits what he has achieved so far? I don't think so and the benefit McVay has is time and aging/turnover which is definitely at hand. Just as RW...
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    It doesn't add up! (Athletic Article)

    Well there's an underlying rationale that suggests pursuing tactics to the limit does not yield optimal outcomes for the respective teams based on their player composition and strategic and tactical pillars from the coaching staff. Again, the NFL at large is providing a suggestion that passing...
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    It doesn't add up! (Athletic Article)

    The silence of professionals who show their work that carry water for the status quo is deafening, actually. ;) And I think I've fleshed out my position capably enough for an impartial observer to think that I want to see what our optimized solution looks like. Not KC's not NO's not anyone...
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    It doesn't add up! (Athletic Article)

    You know, if you're just going to ignore what I wrote or haphazardly interpret it to suit your own strawman making ends, I'll just keep you on ignore. ;) First, I support a framework that suggests there are upper and lower limits to optimal passing game that factors in available talent. Between...
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    It doesn't add up! (Athletic Article)

    I know it isnt quite kosher to answer a question with a question, but what if doing better than status quo isnt predicated on identifying a discrete equilibrium or optimal point (which is already more nuanced than the stated public rationale of our OC) but rather based on finding the team's own...
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    It doesn't add up! (Athletic Article)

    Kudos on identifying why I shared the article. I think it is worth sharing because I agree with it. I too, am a frail human. ;) Seriously though, the point of most analytical writing in sports is to provide critique and insight. The critique is of the stated public approach that our OC takes...
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    It doesn't add up! (Athletic Article)

    It's more about the logic used to draw action plans. It's not about the discrete numbers but how you set up the framework that leads you to emphasizing something tactically over another.
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    It doesn't add up! (Athletic Article)

    Thank you for the summary I couldn't bring myself to do. You nailed it!
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    It doesn't add up! (Athletic Article)

    Shoot! Well I tried guys!
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    It doesn't add up! (Athletic Article)

    Ill post the whole thing after someone assures me they subscribed. It is a bit chart heavy though.
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    The Los Angeles Lakers

    It makes all the sense. I grew up on Warriors basketball and it was awful. They ran promotions with Roundtable Pizza where if they scored over 120 the whole crowd got free personal pan pizzas. I can count on 2 fingers how often that happened in about 10 dozen games. So I have rooted for them at...
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    It doesn't add up! (Athletic Article)

    https://theathletic.com/994511/2019/05/ ... ule-of-53/ The article goes into the same kind of 'cart before horse' errors as we see specifically with the NFL and even more specifically with the Seahawks. Worth a read and even a subscription in my estimation. The Athletic does some really good...
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    The Los Angeles Lakers

    The thing about college basketball that gives me a kick is how the different conferences all bring their own brand to the tourney. It always cracks me up when the final score of a Big 10 game is like how much Kansas or Duke scores in and entire game. As with college football, the sheer size and...

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