Julio Jones
I don’t have all of the details that you are asking for here
but the solution is pretty simple. Do
you want to remove the emotion and pressure from the decisions that need to be
made? Well then you need to take these
decisions out of the hands of human beings and allow computers to make them. We see this more and more in financial
markets these days. “Gut” traders, by
and large, have been replaced with algorithms that stick to a process no matter
what. Obviously we can’t eliminate the
human element from coaching entirely, but I think the solution is pretty
simple- hire a team of software developers to create an application that will run
simulations using actual historical game data and use this data to inform what
the best possible decision is at any given time with probabilities based on
past outcomes.
Put this on the tablets that all the coaches carry around
and voila; you’ve got all the answers to the test right in front of you. If
there was a red flashing light screaming at Shanahan to tell Ryan to let the
play clock run down or telling him that the benefit of running the ball and burning
clock increases their win probability by X percent, maybe he would have
listened…
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