The Jordan Howard Appreciation Thread
Nov 4, 2016 8:25:40 GMT -6
Whisky Beer Bob and butkus3595 like this
Post by brasilbear on Nov 4, 2016 8:25:40 GMT -6
Nov 4, 2016 7:54:18 GMT -6 @soulman said:
That all makes sense to me. Maybe it just my age and having come up in a lower tech world when I was younger where a guy had to use his eyes and other senses to get a handle on some things and make a call. And those older than me are even better at it.I've seen guys building stuff who could eyeball a cut and it fit like it was born there. I played with guitarist who could pick one up and tell you the neck thickness within a couple of hundredths of an inch while everyone else was digging for their calipers or push the EQ on an amp just so to tweak it when others want a spectrum analyzer to nails it's "sweet spot".
I played a ton of sports when I was younger including fast pitch softball at a World Class level and some of us could look at a guy and know if he could play or not and even what positions he could play just by watching him in practice. You can look at a guy and know whether or not he has the range and the arm of a SS or the reflexes and glove to play 3rd base or to catch.
I admit I'm getting to that turn down that rap shit and keep off my lawn stage but damn some thing can be observed without the need for micro measuring at least enough to have a sense of it all. We do have eyes and common sense or at least I hope we do and that can say a lot about many things.
One broadcaster (I'll look for that quote too) said that too much data obscures the simple story the broadcasters tell. WTH does that mean? I'll tell you what I think, this advanced positioning data would crush most broadcasters preconceived narratives that they mindlessly vomit to the masses during a game. Instead of so-and-so being a great DB, you can tell because he's always around the ball, we could actually see reaction times and how this DB always moves before the QB releases the ball and this other one (the 'better player' according to the talking heads) always reacts slower and doesn't react until the ball has left the QBs hand.
