Great Jalen Rose-New Yorker interview
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Thank you!
That Moe Harkliss bit is kind of fucked up...
Talk about incentives potentially backfiring lol.
He was right too. I know that at my previous job, we were heavily graded on our numbers and stats (IT Help Desk). So much so that I quickly figured out that I could argue my way into an "exceeds" on my annual review and get bigger raises and bonuses simply because my numbers were way higher than my coworkers. It became a system where that's all I cared about...not the actual service I provided. Just the numbers I was judged on.
Numbers can be good but shouldn't be the end all be all. I agree with Jalen.
A prime example of Goodhart's Law: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure"
Why is it great?
If you don't think that's totally fascinating and exciting, why the hell would you be here or read it in the first place? There's enough there for me to chew on--and talk to friends about--for some time to come.
Relax man. I was only asking what was in the article that was noteworthy. Yes I will read it but more important I too am a Jalen fan, he is an interesting and thoughtful commentator and Michigan Man to the core.
"fascinating and exciting"?....probably not for most people...but indulge
Jalen is one of the few people who I can easily read what they say in their voice. It's like him and JFK.
Good stuff from Jalen.
This article is good because it makes a point tangent to, but often unspoken, that has been floating around since the analytics revolution began. We, as a society, are conditioned to believe data and numbers over experience, largely because they are on paper and "numbers don't lie." The problem is, numbers don't lie, but you can use them to tell lies.
But Jalen's point about the unintended consequences of analytics being the toolbox and not just a tool and the examples therein were interesting, especially about foul trouble.
Without a doubt on the Analytics movement. You can make numbers say whatever you want. It is one of many tools to use but not the only tool. That is the issue to me people just want to point at the numbers then make the decision.
First movement that is coming back(By the guys who actually play), thank goodness, is why the mid range shot is a good and needed shot.