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Originally Posted by Ashasx
Advanced stats right now in hockey are so basic that we call them advanced stats because they are simply a step above TOI, blocked shots, etc. They are more "advanced" than the basics, but they really aren't difficult to grasp.
You don't need a PhD to understand it or find value in these numbers. And I'd argue that if you do need a PhD to understand them, they have no value in hockey related decisions.
I'd far rather have somebody like Kent Wilson hired by the Flames than some mathematician who thinks he knows hockey.
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I know what current "advanced" stats entail. And cool. You grab Kent. Nice guy. But you can have a lot of academic horsepower for a relatively cheap cost...."knowing hockey" will not take long for the right guy or girl. As Text says, a fresh non-hockey perspective is upside bonus.
And the text book on hockey advanced stats is only going to grow as more technologies to track become available. In a few years we will laugh at how simple corsi was.
We can argue this all day long, but the results of hiring real academics to apply their knowledge to new complex situations are established.