No, the best coaches know and understand their team and make
Posted on: April 7, 2021 at 11:07:39 CT
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their decisions based on that understanding and their knowledge of the game.
You have a player injured on a foul at the end of a game and you have to pick a shooter to go to the line. Do you send the 85% shooter who just entered the game or the 75% shooter who has the hot hand and has been to the line three times in the last two minutes and made them all?
Pure analytics says send the 85% shooter, any good coach is going to send the hot hand. Analytics is a tool in the hands of a good coach, it is a crutch in the hands of a poor one.