(10-28-2020 12:37 PM)Memphis Yankee Wrote:  

(10-21-2020 08:30 AM)Stammers Wrote:  

(10-21-2020 06:44 AM)Tiger87 Wrote:  These "Quality Control" guys are becoming more common on college staffs. I think we have 5-6 of them on staff. Sometimes, the hire is just helping out another coach who got fired somewhere else. But a lot of these positions are being used for analytics. Again, I support this. There is a place in football for "gut feel" calls. But the sport can absolutely be improved by more advanced analytics.

Out of all the by the book moves in sports, the one that bothers me the most is with baseball. Your starting pitcher has given up 1 or 2 runs and is cruising through the 6th or 7th inning. He gives up a seeing eye single or a broken bat hit and then gets pulled by the genius manager. So stupid.

A friend of mine who pitched for the Devil Rays and the White Sox married my business partners daughter (Derek Rodriguez). He and I text each other all the time during games. Last night we had the exact conversation you're talking about.

I texted: "why the F did they pull Snell?" He said: Analytics and that F****** manager. what a dumb***." I then went on to say, why don't they just let Google manage everyone.

Quote:Cash said the decision to pull Snell was made because leadoff hitter Mookie Betts was coming up again, and Cash wanted to avoid having Snell go through the lineup a third time. The next three hitters Snell was due to face -- Betts, Corey Seager and Justin Turner -- were 0-for-6 with six strikeouts against him Tuesday.

Here is the breakdown.
Betts, 1 foul ball, 3 misses
Seager, 2 foul balls, 3 misses
Turner, 1 foul ball, 4 misses

In 6 at bats not only did they fail to put the ball in play, they only touched the ball 4 times between them. Out of the 27 pitches they faced, 18 of them were strikes. You couldn't be more stupid if you tried.

It wasn't analytics.

Analytics tells you to keep your ass on the bench and let him pitch.

(10-28-2020 02:04 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  It wasn't analytics.

Analytics tells you to keep your ass on the bench and let him pitch.

It was pure stupidity.

(10-28-2020 12:26 PM)thagr82008 Wrote:  

(10-20-2020 10:18 PM)aardWolf Wrote:  

(10-20-2020 06:56 PM)Stammers Wrote:  

(10-20-2020 02:04 PM)selleg1 Wrote:  

(10-20-2020 12:38 PM)Stammers Wrote:  The decision that everyone is talking about was Houston's decision to go for 2 points against the Titans. Most are blasting it, but it was absolutely the right decision. They had a chance to make it a 9 point game, which would have ended it. They had a 50% chance of making it and ending the game. If they kick the point after, Tennessee has a 50% chance of tying it by making a 2 point conversion of their own.

It's a no brainer. You have a 100% chance of winning the game if you go for 2 points.

??? They went for 2 and lost the game.

Houston scored a touchdown and took a 7 point lead with 1:50 left. If they kick the point after, they lead by 8. If they make the 2 point conversion, they lead by 9 and the game is essentially over.

It was totally the right call.

It’s an interesting concept. There’s an 80% chance of rain so I take an umbrella. It didn’t rain.

Was bringing an umbrella a bad idea? No. The end result doesn’t make the decision bad. I will still take an umbrella the next time there is an 80% chance of rain.

When one carries an umbrella, do they still get wet, or does the umbrella keep one completely dry....What are the odds/percentages that even with the use of an umbrella, one still becomes wet....

If one gets to gate at the Liberty bowl with an umbrella what are the odds that one returns the umbrella to the car, or one simply leaves the umbrella by the gate in hopes it will still be there after the game is over and you reach the gate to retrieve it?