Obviously probably not as in-depth as they are today, but I also don't want to completely write them off as all aim no brain players. From clips I've seen it doesn't really seem like defaults existed, although I am totally open to the fact I could be wrong on that. Does anyone who was on a team or clan at the time have any memories or insight into what teams were most often trying to accomplish?
Hey guys, I am taking the beginning steps of what I hope to be a journey in sports analytics, specifically college basketball. The way my graduation and internship timelines work gives me what I think to be about a year starting from today to really build a decent portfolio of models and gain some new skills before pursuing a GA position. I know this is a broad question so I am okay with broad answers.
Right now I would say my skills are mostly in Excel, which I know is not enough. I also can work my way around visualization tools like Tableau and PowerBI, although I am not sure how relevant those are for sports analyst. I have heard people mention SQL and R, although I am also not sure how relevant those are. Most of my work has centered around finding historical trends and patterns from a birds-eye view, but I would like to develop something resembling a predictive model for players. Do you guys have any thoughts or words of advice? I would call myself pretty technologically inclined so I am not too worried about having to learn new softwares.
Genuinely asking this as I see guys like Brian Hartline called good recruiters and I don't really understand what goes into it. For a guy like Hartline I understand its probaby a bit of a compounding thing, he sends guys to the NFL so HS guys want to play for him. But other than that what is it? Their ability to relate to the kids? Persistence?