Matt Rhule is not into analytics, and his offensive philosophy is archaic and inefficient

[Mother Grabber]

8 hours ago, bobowilson said:

And in fact, he punts on 4th down quite a bit

that's some seriously high-end analytics right there...pulling out the deep learning.

[Rags]

8 hours ago, bobowilson said:

There seems to be a perception Rhule is an analytics guy, but this couldn't be further from the truth.  He's actually pretty similar to Rivera, in that he's conservative, obsessed with running the ball, and playing for 'field position.'

These aren't...mutually exclusive. You can be more conservative and still buy into analytics.

I don't know how you got to that point. In fact if you look at trends now, running the ball out of spread formation and the RPO is what's hot rn. SF, Baltimore, hell even Green Bay is running more.

 

[Moo Daeng]

4 minutes ago, Mother Grabber said:

that's some seriously high-end analytics right there...pulling out the deep learning.

He literally thinks analytics means going for it on 4th down.

[Jus Rob]

8 hours ago, WarPanthers89 said:

Another trash thread.

Another 1

[SBiii]

22 minutes ago, Moo Daeng said:

It's all analysis. Why you think analytics would only mean one narrow application is on you.

One application analyzes numbers associated with how to maximize human performance. Another application would be how to maximize strategic decisions. There would be other forms of analysis for building a competitive roster like they did at Baylor and described by Rhule.

Nobody ever stated a single narrow definition of how analytics would be used. 

A great book that can explain how wide it can be applied is A Brief History of Economic Genius. Tepper was an Economics major as an undergraduate.

You are certainly entitled to your opinion....

[bobowilson]

Imagine not knowing how to read

 

[mav1234]

57 minutes ago, SBiii said:

Sports Science = biology/chemistry

Analytics = math/computer science

 

Two completely different genres...

This is an oversimplification and frankly untrue.  Sports science uses analytics in many ways.  Analytics are not exclusively related to play calling or whatever the assumption is here.  Many subfields of biology rely on computational methods for analysis; it does not make them math instead of biology, because these days the overwhelming amount of science is interdisciplinary at some level.

Anyway we will see what Rhule does longer term with sports analytics.  Too early to say.  

[Moo Daeng]

1 hour ago, SBiii said:

Sports Science = biology/chemistry

Analytics = math/computer science

 

Two completely different genres...

You have no idea what you are talking about. 

[SBiii]

1 hour ago, mav1234 said:

This is an oversimplification and frankly untrue.  Sports science uses analytics in many ways.  Analytics are not exclusively related to play calling or whatever the assumption is here.  Many subfields of biology rely on computational methods for analysis; it does not make them math instead of biology, because these days the overwhelming amount of science is interdisciplinary at some level.

Anyway we will see what Rhule does longer term with sports analytics.  Too early to say.  

You are certainly entitled to an opinion...

[SBiii]

43 minutes ago, Moo Daeng said:

You have no idea what you are talking about. 

You too...

[DeAngelo Beason]

14 hours ago, bobowilson said:

I keep seeing people say that, but that's not what Sports Science is about at all.

SS is about physiology, not math.   

Not true.