It Doesn’t Hurt To Hire Alumni As Head Coaches. But It Doesn’t Help, Either. - Printable Version

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It Doesn’t Hurt To Hire Alumni As Head Coaches. But It Doesn’t Help, Either. - stupac2 - 09-03-2019

David Shaw is featured pretty heavily in this story: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/it-doesnt-hurt-to-hire-alumni-as-head-coaches-but-it-doesnt-help-either/

I'm a bit confused by some of the numbers they give (how can both alumni and non-alumni coach above-average squads?) but overall it's interesting.

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RE: It Doesn’t Hurt To Hire Alumni As Head Coaches. But It Doesn’t Help, Either. - murky - 09-03-2019

(09-03-2019, 02:55 PM)stupac2 Wrote:  David Shaw is featured pretty heavily in this story: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/it-doesnt-hurt-to-hire-alumni-as-head-coaches-but-it-doesnt-help-either/

I'm a bit confused by some of the numbers they give (how can both alumni and non-alumni coach above-average squads?) but overall it's interesting.

Assuming the reporting is accurate, it sounds like a quirk of comparing median vs. mean.

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RE: It Doesn’t Hurt To Hire Alumni As Head Coaches. But It Doesn’t Help, Either. - Nan3cy - 09-03-2019

(09-03-2019, 02:55 PM)stupac2 Wrote:  David Shaw is featured pretty heavily in this story: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/it-doesnt-hurt-to-hire-alumni-as-head-coaches-but-it-doesnt-help-either/

I'm a bit confused by some of the numbers they give (how can both alumni and non-alumni coach above-average squads?) but overall it's interesting.

They're all from Lake Woebegon?

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