I thought it was a good interview and worth the listen... Thanks for the heads up.
I want my coach to have an analytical brain but not rely on analytical data.
Man do I want to derail this thread now and bitch about the Yankees and how they love smelling their own analytic farts.That's especially why you need a large sample.
You don't wanna be like the Yankees and put all nine fielders on one side in a tie game in the 8th inning, and then when the guy just chips a base hit opposite field because he's the winning run, you double down by saying that the shift drops averages.
Yes, in the first seven innings when guys are trying to hit homeruns.
What I always say is that, as a coach, you can't go into the room and yell "hey guys, do expected goals better!"Man do I want to derail this thread now and bitch about the Yankees and how they love smelling their own analytic farts.
A coach who doesn’t worry about analytics yet his teams perform well analytically- sign me up! I did not know this about Gallant
I mean, it's a bit of a hamfisted way to say it, but yeah. I want a coach who understands that analytics have a role but isn't going to rely solely on them to field his team.
I mean, it's a bit of a hamfisted way to say it, but yeah. I want a coach who understands that analytics have a role but isn't going to rely solely on them to field his team.
Analytics is naturally backward-looking. Which is fine if you're talking about established vets. But with young players the numbers won't tell the whole story. Anyhow, as I think 99% of us agree, there's a time and a place for analytics but they aren't the be-all-end-all. I'd assume Gallant feels similarly, too.Full disclosure. Not a fan of analytics.
Happy he doesn't rely on them much if at all.
Well, that's pretty much what we do here And I take the opinion of many posters here more seriously than what the mainstream outlets say.Darryl Sutter seems like the last coach to care about analytics and his Kings teams were analytics darlings.
I like Negreanu and this was actually a pretty good interview but on this specific point it seems like he is just recycling rumors that have been floating around Vegas on this topic.
one of his 2 hat trick games?He was the best player on Maine when I went to see them.
This year he was awful and not even close to one of his team's best players.No.
He just looked a level better than the rest of the team.
I rest my case.
He was the best player on Maine when I went to see them.
one of his 2 hat trick games?
No. He just looked a level better than the rest of the team.
This year he was awful and not even close to one of his team's best players.
??? how did these get here from the Elmer thread ... which is now no longer listed?
?some HFB voodoo i am unfamiliar with?
I think the OP had several different threads (including another one for this exact podcast which was originally titled something about the poker player guy and didn't mention Gallant in the title) and they were all merged. The Elmer podcast one seemed to be merged as well.??? how did these get here from the Elmer thread ... which is now no longer listed?
?some HFB voodoo i am unfamiliar with?