These two reports turned up in my rss reader last week.
One is about Kevin Kelley, a US high school football coach whose team never punts. (along with a couple of other unusual play characteristics)
Even if you don’t understand US football, this is about challenging conventional wisdom by seeing whether statistics back up the reasoning behind traditional practice.
Interesting exercise in thinking.
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The second is about Dave Arseneault Sr, a US college basketball coach whose team philosophy is to have fun. With remarkable results.
This report is at ESPN.
A list demonstrating what fun the team style is concludes with:
Before Arseneault Sr. happened on his “system” that everybody in the country seems to think is the end of civilization, >Grinnell had 27 straight losing seasons. Since the 1993 season, when Aresenault installed his current style of play, >they’ve only had four losing seasons. “We wanted to make our gym a place people wanted to be,” Arseneault said. After >Taylor’s 109 points on Sunday, 50 new recruits sent in their tapes.
Which would Arseneault rather have — fun or wins?
“Oh, fun, by FAR,” he says with a huge laugh.
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