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TheNextBattalion t1_iy230nj wrote

I think this article shows how there are lots of reasons why people might sour on analytics, not just one thing.

But in the sense of bogeyman, where people just blame any ol' thing gone wrong on analytics, that's probably just people trying to make their personal taste sound like grandiose principles.

As far as decision-making goes, we have to remember that what the algorithms feed you is which choice leads to the (marginally) higher addition to expected win outcomes based on average games with teams and average players. It doesn't tell you anything about the game you are actually in, the state of the players, the crowd, the season/conference/rival game on the line, etc.

It can't be like poker, where you can just ride the odds to better results... hell even in poker you get bad draws, cold tables, lousy nights... and in football you are never holding the nuts.

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