WTKA Roundtable 11/9/2017: The Capron Conspiracy
Things discussed:
- Craig discovers a ref who’s been screwing Michigan for 114 years.
- What-ifs: Lew Alcindor, Antonio Bass
- Minnesota’s secondary was all kinds of out of position—not a good test.
- Is inside zone dead and buried? No, but this is a power team now because the guard play, and JBB is moving dudes.
- Once Michigan has a passing game, they’ll be able to really punish guys like Wisconsin’s 2nd corner, who got toasted by Simmie Cobbs.
- Khaleke Hudson’s big day; Winovich would like to know where his stats went.
- Is Michigan backing off Ohio? Michigan is recruiting Michigan and treating the rest of the U.S. as the rest of the U.S. No approach is all upside.
- What happened in Iowa City? Penn State and Michigan State have bad pass defenses that have been sheltered by the Big Ten.
You can catch the entire episode on Michigan Insider's podcast stream on Audioboom.
Segment two is here. Segment three is here.
THE USUAL LINKS
November 10th, 2017 at 7:30 AM ^
2 minutes in and I still hate Ed
November 10th, 2017 at 9:00 AM ^
November 10th, 2017 at 9:18 AM ^
November 10th, 2017 at 10:25 AM ^
November 10th, 2017 at 2:15 PM ^
One can dream, he brings no value to these conversations - might as well free up a microphone
November 10th, 2017 at 3:35 PM ^
just different type of value. I mean he did have OSU only winning by 3 to Iowa by his stats, and ya it didnt end up that way...they got rocked...but the stats showed Iowa can hang.
I just hate it when he ONLY uses stats..the eye test is a big part of it all.
I dont mind him but sometimes im liike...DUDE
November 10th, 2017 at 8:15 AM ^
November 10th, 2017 at 9:53 AM ^
Some of these technologies are good, others not so much. The products are not however all that great. HRV, GPS, etc. The technology is great, however in most circumstances, the folks creating the algorithms are engineers from MIT who don’t know anything about exercise, and they are constantly changing the algorithms and sending out virtual updates to the equipment unbenounced to the athlete/coach. Meanwhile, athletes and coaches are making training decisions based on these readings and in some cases ignoring what’s happening in real life such as how the athlete actual feels, where they are in their training cycle, what time of day it is, did they get enough sleep, did they warm up, have they eaten, etc.
The technology is great, but you don’t want to outsource coaching to the technology. You still have to be able to apply the data. Exercise science is an applied science that has nuance to it and must to applied with a combination of experience and data/evidence. The technology doesn’t understand context. A coach needs to know when to pay attention to the data and when to override it. Too much data can overwhelm the decision maker. Here’s an example. Say you’re using HRV and an athlete’s readings are in the tank. Your athlete thinks “I shouldn’t be training because I have a bad reading.” The coach realizes that he is purposefully trying to over-reach, meaning we want to in the short term push you past optimal HRV readings in order to get a rebound effect a few days from now in competition. The technology, the athlete, the sport coach, etc. may not understand this nuance. Another example. An athlete wakes up and again his HRV is in the tank. You take a cold shower, go through a good warm up, eat a meal, and now all of a sudden it improves. You don’t want to just collect data to collect data. You have to understand how to apply the data and you don’t want it to over-ride an exercise science/strength coach’s decision over one data point.
November 10th, 2017 at 12:13 PM ^
There was talk about IZ being done; and Sam said he didn't think that was the case.
I guess my question is why on earth do IZ if we are running gap so well?
November 10th, 2017 at 12:56 PM ^
Don't understand all the negativity on Ed. I like him and am interested in what he has to say.
January 23rd, 2018 at 9:09 PM ^
Why on earth do IZ if we are running gap so well?
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