Ross don't you complain about the stats of assists? and uses the Hamman tap to Riise as an example of how stats are used wrongly?
I have advocated similar methods for a while and though I do not know the way MBL and Red Sox currently use stats and work etc I can imagine the kind of things they use. I can see quite easily how the science behind all this works and though for some it comes down to this romantacised vision that the game is all about the gaffer swearing and chucking around cups of tea in the changing room at half time and it somehow urges the players to play well etc it has moved on from that so much.
We have to look at how far players are running, how often they pass the ball, the accuracy, the success rating of their passes, etc etc (my university lecturers were instrumental in helping Pompey achieve promotion to the prem with a revamp of their fitness training, their nutrition/recovery and the use of stats such as when they let goals in etc).
Alongside this there is the medicine and nutrition and fitness side of things that has developed the game loads, and as far as I am aware football still lags behind rugby in that sense of recovery and nutrition. I know many will say its stupid but the Clive Woodward England team was a great example of what Ross is talking about, a general manager, a few coaches making a really good team of professionals to advise those on the pitch. I was really excited at the the thought of Clive Woodward being involved in football in some way as he is/was a visionary who could take aspects of the game forward.
My concern with NESV and the method Ross spoke about is that in baseball they knew they people that were around to pick the right people for the right roles at Red Sox, I don't know if they have that much of an understanding of football to pick the right professionals at the right time to come to LFC and take the club forward.
