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>Well, if it works, everyone looks like a genius. > >http://www.wkyc.com/story/sports/nfl/browns/2016/01/14/hue-jackson-embraces-cleveland-browns-use-analytics/78778134/ > >Hue Jackson embraces Cleveland Browns' use of analytics >Matthew Florjancic, WKYC 10:03 a.m. EST January 14, 2016 > >BEREA, Ohio -- The Cleveland Browns have tried a lot of >different methods to turn around the fortunes of their >franchise during the 17 years since they returned to the >National Football League for the 1999 season after the >original team moved to Baltimore and became the Ravens. > >But after another failed pairing of a coach and general >manager resulted in 18 losses in the last 21 games and a 10-22 >record in two years, the Browns have embraced a new approach, >the use of analytics in the decision-making process. And new >Browns coach Hue Jackson believes the use of analytics can >help the organization improve the talent on the roster. > >“These guys are tremendous,” Jackson said. “I know >everybody is talking about analytics and all those things. >Please trust me. I am going to have an opportunity to work >with some of the smartest men in football. I've been in a lot >of different buildings, but I have never had an opportunity to >sit down with two of the brightest minds in football in doing >what they do.” > >Jackson believes that if the Browns use analytics run by Chief >Strategy Officer Paul DePodesta and Sashi Brown, the Executive >Vice President of Football Operations, in the right way and >find success on Sundays, they could be trendsetters in a >copycat league. > >“I think that’s the beautiful part,” Jackson said. “I >think there are all kinds of ways to make things happen. There >is more than one way to do things. My conversations with Sashi >and Paul, we’re on point. We know exactly what it’s going >to take to put this roster together to give us the best >opportunity to be successful. Analytics is just a part of it. >It’s not the whole thing, but it’s a piece of it. If we >can find another way of doing things well to give us an >opportunity to have success, we all would do that. > >“I like being cutting edge. I try being innovative and >cutting edge on offense. We want to be innovative and cutting >edge on everything we do in this building. Eventually, >everybody is going to be doing what we’re doing, and >that’s the fun part.” > >By hiring a head coach ahead of a general manager and giving >final say over the 53-man roster to a non-football personnel >man in Brown, the Browns are going against the normal >front-office structure that most other teams have used to win >Super Bowl championships. > >But Jackson and Brown are committed to doing whatever is >necessary to win, even if that means thinking outside of the >proverbial box. > >“I'm going to do whatever's asked of me,” Jackson said. >“This organization, I am so comfortable that we're going to >make decisions, whether Hue Jackson's involved or whether Hue >Jackson's not, that is best for our organization. > >“What I want to do is get the people to help us win, >regardless of who it is. But you ask the question, will I be >involved? I think I'm involved in all of those things, but am >I going to make those decisions? I don't think I need to make >those decisions. I just need to know who it is.” >
So Hue is not the "GM"?
Because if so, while I still think the Browns gig is awful, I would give him a much better chance of succeeding.
I'm from the lost black tribe of Israel, the Yos
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