Kill Gottlieb

God forbid anyone should judge based on results. 

Gottlieb thought we should have been amongst the last 4 teams in, and not an 8 seed, and he thinks us beating Tennessee doesn't change that.  Whatever, who cares, we won, onto Duke. 

http://www.asylum.co.uk/2011/03/18/espn-basketball-analyst-doug-gottlieb-leaves-phone-on-fail/

that should pretty much explain what you need to know about Mr. Gottlieb

I really didn't need any more reasons not 2 like Doug Gottlieb but he never ceases 2 amaze me with the bullshit that comes out his mouth. Hell if his resume didn't pop up on the screen when he starts talking on ESPN I wouldn't even know he actually played the game!

I really didn't need any more reasons not 2 like Doug Gottlieb but he never ceases 2 amaze me with the bullshit that comes out his mouth. Hell if his resume didn't pop up on the screen when he starts talking on ESPN I wouldn't even know he actually played the game!

Doug Gottlieb = Mike Valenti.

 

I wonder if he felt like Tennessee belonged.  Hmmm....

Seriously? We won by 30.

He's probably just mad because he found out Stu Douglass can jump higher than he ever could.

I think kill is a pretty strong word and is going a little too far even if it is a joke. 

Typically, whe we ask whether someone made a smart decision, we can translate it as whether if we used the same rules whether we'd reach better outcomes than using a different rule over time.  So, buying a lottery ticket when the expected value is less than the cost isn't a smart decision (ignoring the legitimate points made earlier about the fantasy value that the ticket gives you before the numbers are drawn).  That's true even if you happen to win. 

I don't see how you can judge whether any particular decision was smart by looking at the results alone.  Under the criteria described above, you do need a detailed knowledge of the information set, probabilities, etc.  But, if you ask the question whether a person is a good decision maker or not, you can use results.  You just need to use a set of results.  In making this judgment it would be helpful to understand the ex-ante distribution of outcomes unless your sample is very large or the probabilities aren't terribly skewed.  (That means if someone is making a bunch of 50-50 guesses, you can observe a relatively small sample to judge whether the person is getting it right.  If the person is making a bunch of decisions where the probability is small (call it p) and the net payoff is X and you're asking whether pX > 0, then you'll need a bigger sample.)

For something that supposedly represents a professional in a public forum, that tweet was extremely petty and childish.  

I'm sure the tweet is a little out of context, but I never understand why anyone at a professional publication/entity finds the need to respond to largely-anonymous messages in such a way.  Just let it go.

Hey then followed up that rant with a couple more mea culpas, but then had the nerve to post this:

http://twitter.com/GottliebShow/status/48870631546163201

For those who didn't click, he basically said he was going to focus on teams that had a chance to make it to the second weekend.  What an asshat.

 

He's been doing this for years with SU - nothing surprising.  He's a prick.

http://www.mlive.com/spartans/index.ssf/2011/03/michigan_states_tom_izzo_fires.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+msu-spartans+%2528MSU+Spartans+Impact+-+MLive.com%2529&utm_content=Google+Reader

Desmond Howard better keep an eye on his wallet while at Bristol.