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Originally Posted by shutout
https://www.preposterousuniverse.com...nd-basketball/
Granted Daryl Morey is the GM of the NBA Philadelphia 76ers and is on a physics podcast, but if you want to get some different insight into how teams look at data and how they use it to improve their competitive advantage is is a really good listen.
While there are some major differences between hockey and basketball, the theory of how to manage people, build teams, scouting departments, analyze and draft players is probable pretty close.
Couple of items that really stood out to me was to be one of the best in the league you just need to be looking to make 3-5% improvements that nobody else is doing. Second that interviewing the players is pretty much useless and has zero correlation to how well they play the sport.
Maybe it should be off topic, but with the managerial challenges the Flames have had and the potentially significant changes that they are looking at in the offseason it helps to have a deeper understanding of the GM job perspective.
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The 3-5% improvements make sense. Everyone scouts and copies everything that any other team is doing. It’s an era of parity, so things like bad luck can really crush a team. Especially a team like the Flames this year. I’m interested to listen to how they build/manage/improve team psychology.
Thanks!!