Clippers — Lessons from Losers
Recently, on the NBA Network, I caught the tail end of a conversation between Kenny Smith and another announcer about the LA Clippers. Maybe there …
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The Wooden School of Management
As a young sports fan, I came of age watching but not liking UCLA basketball in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They were Goliath …
4th Downs and Beyond: Coaches as Optimizers
Ran across a recent piece on the evolution of Jason Garrett’s playing calling by Jonathan Bales of DC Times (an analytics based blog on the …
Pitch Til You Lose
Game 1 of the ALCS between the Tigers and Yankees once again spotlighted the flaws in the use of MLB “closers.” I’ve written about the …
Chizik-Auburn Marriage Made in Heaven (or Roulette Wheel)
Two years ago, I dissed the hiring of Gene Chizik by Auburn. I didn’t predict failure but highlighted how poorly his track record fit the …
The Impact Of Managerial Change On Performance: The Role Of Team Heterogeneity
“When a key responsibility of a manager is to allocate more or less attractive tasks, subordinates have an incentive to work hard and demonstrate their …
The Will to Make Tough, But Correct Decisions: Harbaugh and McCarthy
Related to the prior post on managerial decision making, Jim Harbaugh has finally won over almost all his critics for his decision to hand the …
Sir Alex & His Peers
Most U.S. sports fans don’t know who Sir Alex Ferguson is much less his accomplishments as manager of the most highly valued sports franchise in …
Kiffin to USC: Cover Band?
On CollegeFootball Talk/NBC Sports, Keith Arnold makes a funny observation: If the goal of hiring a Carroll disciple was the goal, then the search party …
Coaching Ambition and Folly
As WKU recently endured a humiliating home beatdown by Louisville, my thoughts turned to one of the assistant coaches on the Louisville bench — Ralph …