Eric Eager (Chief Nerd for the Panthers) was featured in s4e1 of Panthers Blueprint
Fans get a peek into Eric's war room setup:
👉live % odds of player availability
👉dynamic trade scenario risk calcs
👉GM Dan Morgan's "gut feel" instincts encoded as a weighted model feature
In here is a promotion for Max Napolitano to Vice President, Football Administration and Strategy.
Miami made more analytics promotions, too:
Ella Summer was promoted to Director, Football Analytics and Rachael Kaplan was promoted to Football Analyst.
We talked to nearly 100 people about youth sports in New Jersey and found a predatory industry that is leaving parents broke, exhausted and wondering how the games of their childhood took over their adult lives. Our six-month investigation: https://t.co/plE3w618qt
So @tomhaberstroh’s research of players falling down was great, but one more thought:
Does a foul cause a fall down? Or does a fall down cause a foul?
We can backtrack the odds of a foul using Tom’s table
For SGA, his odds of drawing a foul were 5x higher when he fell down.
Strongly recommend checking out a new #sportsanalytics book by (one of the best in the field) Stephanie Kovalchik (@StatsOnTheT ) called - 'Out of Left Field: Improbable stories in sports analytics' https://t.co/VZZMaCkCTj Order it now! https://t.co/9pXgr7xQxr
"I'm never a huge analytics guy. At a certain point, they're a lamppost to a drunk person. You can lean on them, but it won't get you home." 😂
- Josh Hart
"There is nothing that is a bad shot in (an NHL) Overtime"
Is there any evidence that the shot quality of NHL playoff overtime goals is any different than the shot quality of playoff goals in Regulation?
The NFL's schedule release is tomorrow night.
Relevant to the inevitable discussion -- @DataWithBliss and I looked at the impact of rest difference on game outcomes https://t.co/4ZGc2oDaWH
from my Expecting Goals study on the origins of the set piece revolution
you can clearly see Arsenal as the innovators who introduced the meat wall tactic to the Premier League