06-16-2024, 02:43 AM
Few collingwood supporters on this forum it appears, everything is black and white.
Nobody is saying statistics is the be all and end all. If it was, we'd have computers as head coaches.
However, people saying statistics don't see this, or can't see this and are of no use are equally wrong.
The truth is in the middle.
When Trigg came to the club he lost his $h!t because we didn't have any kind of analytics in place with our drafting and recruiting. That is, 100% trusting peoples 'eye' and not using statistical evidence to back it up and compare.
Clearly that was wrong.....and we have our poor recruiting/development as proof.
Since then we've come on board with the modern game and have an abundance of statistical information to back our coaches up.
We;ve had a few very good 'moneyball' recruits off the back of it - Think Elijah Hollands as an example.
Alternatively, when you look at what the old fashioned 'eye' test tells us, which got Vossy undone in Brisbane, it also hasn't worked here with Fantasia......but the personal relationships got that done more than statistical.
Coaches have favourites, they are only human.
Fans too.
Players play on emotion....coaches and MC can't afford too.
As i said earlier, ignore statistics at your own peril......we have 20+ years of dark ages as evidence.
Nobody is saying statistics is the be all and end all. If it was, we'd have computers as head coaches.
However, people saying statistics don't see this, or can't see this and are of no use are equally wrong.
The truth is in the middle.
When Trigg came to the club he lost his $h!t because we didn't have any kind of analytics in place with our drafting and recruiting. That is, 100% trusting peoples 'eye' and not using statistical evidence to back it up and compare.
Clearly that was wrong.....and we have our poor recruiting/development as proof.
Since then we've come on board with the modern game and have an abundance of statistical information to back our coaches up.
We;ve had a few very good 'moneyball' recruits off the back of it - Think Elijah Hollands as an example.
Alternatively, when you look at what the old fashioned 'eye' test tells us, which got Vossy undone in Brisbane, it also hasn't worked here with Fantasia......but the personal relationships got that done more than statistical.
Coaches have favourites, they are only human.
Fans too.
Players play on emotion....coaches and MC can't afford too.
As i said earlier, ignore statistics at your own peril......we have 20+ years of dark ages as evidence.