With an extremely heavy heart, I pass along that Donato "Danny V" Ventura passed away last night after a 7 month battle with cancer. He was a great journalist (best in Boston School Sports history), a fantastic guy, the best husband and a great friend to so many of us. So sad🙏
Everyone should include down, distance, yd line, hash, gain/loss, result, run/pass at a bare minimum. I add P & 10 for possession and 10. It’s yes for the first play of each possession.
I also include score differential. If it is ever + or -24 or more in the second half, we take that data out. It skews the numbers.
You also should include personnel, formation, motion, and offensive play.
On offense scouting opponent D, I include the front, stunt, blitz, number of blitzes, and coverage. I also include where the pressure comes from: field/boundary, to/away from the back.
For defense scouting offenses I include 3 columns on play direction, field/boundary - strong/weak - right/left. I include protection, concept, RPO, play family, run concept, and route concept. I include gap hit and pass zone thrown to. This helps us create hit charts and heat maps.
I worked with 3 P4 coaches and two NFL coaches who include a column for each receiver with the route run.
You would be surprised how many coaches don’t enter any data. Not entering data means you are not going to be as prepared as you could be. It is an investment in time. It is worth it. You can use the data to get tendencies of your opponents that will help you call a better game. You divide and conquer, where each coach has a few columns they are responsible for entering.
Hetherman took more of a “pro style” approach in Miami and leaned into his four NFL players.
Most pundits and fans focus on the pass rush, which ranked fifth in Pressure Rate (40.7%) & second in “Quick” Pressures (31%).
But it was their early-down run defense that allowed the unit to pin its ears back on passing downs.
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@ByCasagrande Lol. Why did they film this? Coaches love to try to end play calling complaints by giving in. knowing that it’s not going to work and blaming the players when it doesn’t. “You wanted to run the ball”
@PaceNSpace2 HC: “what do the analytics tell us about how we can win more games?”
Analytics staff: “less turnovers, more TDs, QB makes plays and overcomes you shitty coaching and play calling”