Hmm. So much has been done and said out there. They are rolling it back a bit too late IMHOMike R. told me last week he expected the Krafts are feeling the backlash & that they might begin to walk back some of the BB bashing soon.
Here it is:
3. Analytics change: Patriots president Jonathan Kraft was part of the "Future of Football: Innovation on the Gridiron" panel at the 18th annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference on Friday. Of the many notable topics discussed was how the team will be evolving analytics-wise in the transition from Bill Belichick to Mayo.
"We were so lucky to have Bill the last quarter century because Bill has as good of a set of algorithms as a human being can have in their head, and we benefited from that. Bill was so good, and so much better than his competition at those things, that we didn't evolve it on the technical side," Kraft said on the panel hosted by ESPN's Michele Steele.
"Jerod worked at Optum, which is the division of United Healthcare that was bringing technology to traditional health care to try to evolve that business. I think you'll see us with Jerod, and Eliot Wolf and Matt Groh -- who are running our football operations -- start to bring more traditional analytic tools. We have them on our business side. We'll start to bring them to the football side now."
4. Kraft on Mayo: On the succession plan of Mayo taking over for Belichick, Kraft said at the conference: "For us, the football side of the building has always been about Bill. We've been blessed to be in that situation. When you transition from something like that, in any business, you have to go in a very different direction because nobody can be Bill Belichick."
Among the things Kraft noted about Mayo was his standing as a former NFL player, and how his post-playing experience in business at Optum has him "well positioned for today's NFL" to help create a new culture in New England.
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Mike R. told me last week he expected the Krafts are feeling the backlash & that they might begin to walk back some of the BB bashing soon.
Here it is:
3. Analytics change: Patriots president Jonathan Kraft was part of the "Future of Football: Innovation on the Gridiron" panel at the 18th annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference on Friday. Of the many notable topics discussed was how the team will be evolving analytics-wise in the transition from Bill Belichick to Mayo.
"We were so lucky to have Bill the last quarter century because Bill has as good of a set of algorithms as a human being can have in their head, and we benefited from that. Bill was so good, and so much better than his competition at those things, that we didn't evolve it on the technical side," Kraft said on the panel hosted by ESPN's Michele Steele.
"Jerod worked at Optum, which is the division of United Healthcare that was bringing technology to traditional health care to try to evolve that business. I think you'll see us with Jerod, and Eliot Wolf and Matt Groh -- who are running our football operations -- start to bring more traditional analytic tools. We have them on our business side. We'll start to bring them to the football side now."
4. Kraft on Mayo: On the succession plan of Mayo taking over for Belichick, Kraft said at the conference: "For us, the football side of the building has always been about Bill. We've been blessed to be in that situation. When you transition from something like that, in any business, you have to go in a very different direction because nobody can be Bill Belichick."
Among the things Kraft noted about Mayo was his standing as a former NFL player, and how his post-playing experience in business at Optum has him "well positioned for today's NFL" to help create a new culture in New England.
Why the Patriots should really consider drafting WR Marvin Harrison Jr. at third overall
Could Harrison add a credible threat to the Patriots receiver room, one that would draw double teams? Plus more from this past week.
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The Browns have the biggest & most advanced t analytics department in the league. That should tell you all you need to know about that.
He did what you're supposed to do. Use analytics, and weave them into the live-action game itself. The games aren't played on paper. Analytics say kick a field goal, but there's a 25 mph wind on the field and it's 10 degrees, maybe you do something else. That's what Belichick excelled at. 4th and 2 was absolutely the right call, I'll defend that one to my grave. That defense was toast in the 2nd half, Manning could have started that final drive on the moon and it would have been a TD.
They also go the first down, but it was post '07 and the NFL had started to "fix" games when it could. If it was close, it wasn't going the Pats way at least in the playoffs. Eyes, but not as many as in the SB, but even then the NFL took its shots there too.
It's really a shame, because there are no gangs or murders on the West Coast. He would have been a model citizen.
Yeah, I found that episode disgraceful. I knew from the get-go that this series was a smear job but even with that, I was still surprised the episode went where it did. Not just saying Bill wouldn't trade him but JK implying Bill was more concerned with losing a good player even if he was a murderer and then, silly things like Welker I think it was saying how Bill would indulge APerp at practice in a way he wouldn't with any other player. It was clear what the program makers were doing.
she is THE WORST. i loathe her 100%.
Yoko Bundchen!
