ucandomagic
Well-Known Member
This thread is really quite fascinating. There are 2 Israeli psychology professors who did loads of research on preconception. They identified that we very quickly come to an opinion about something - and then preferentially see things that support our original opinion and ignore things that go against it. They then turned this theory into the use of analytics, which objectively quantified performance rather than subjectively reacting to it. This was done with huge success in the appointment of tank commanders in the Israeli army.
This same approach was then applied to baseball - and hence the Moneyball book and film about the true story of the unlikely triumph of the Oakland Athletics. After that Michael Lewis, who wrote the Moneyball book, wrote The Undoing Project about those Israeli professors. This was really the birth of sports analytics - because scouts before that would come to a general opinion about a player and not see the one particular attribute that could be beneficial to the overall team.
I have fallen into that trap many times - because I like a player who plays at 100 mph and throws himself into the game for 95 minutes. I still react like that, but try to go through highlights afterwards to counteract my initial reactions.
Oli McB gives a very lazy, uncommitted appearance as he lopes around the pitch - but our club is well-versed in analytics. If he were not seen to be contributing in some quantifiable way, in training and in matches, to the overall team performance he would not be on the pitch or even on the bench.
This same approach was then applied to baseball - and hence the Moneyball book and film about the true story of the unlikely triumph of the Oakland Athletics. After that Michael Lewis, who wrote the Moneyball book, wrote The Undoing Project about those Israeli professors. This was really the birth of sports analytics - because scouts before that would come to a general opinion about a player and not see the one particular attribute that could be beneficial to the overall team.
I have fallen into that trap many times - because I like a player who plays at 100 mph and throws himself into the game for 95 minutes. I still react like that, but try to go through highlights afterwards to counteract my initial reactions.
Oli McB gives a very lazy, uncommitted appearance as he lopes around the pitch - but our club is well-versed in analytics. If he were not seen to be contributing in some quantifiable way, in training and in matches, to the overall team performance he would not be on the pitch or even on the bench.
