Browns hire Moneyball guy to run front office

[Tharvot]

Paul Depodesto, former LA Dodgers GM and most recently the assistant GM of the NY Mets, is now the executive of strategy in Cleveland...for the Browns, not the Indians.

I guess the Executive of Football Ops they hired, Sashi Brown, is also a big analytics guy, so maybe the Browns can work up a spreadsheet that helps them not fail in the draft.

If nothing else, our new QB is likely to have the best on base percentage in the league.

 

[DragonfromTO]

Paul Depodesto, former LA Dodgers GM and most recently the assistant GM of the NY Mets, is now the executive of strategy in Cleveland...for the Browns, not the Indians.

I guess the Executive of Football Ops they hired, Sashi Brown, is also a big analytics guy, so maybe the Browns can work up a spreadsheet that helps them not fail in the draft.

If nothing else, our new QB is likely to have the best on base percentage in the league.

DePodesta played 4 years of football for Harvard, it's not like the sport is completely foreign to him.

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

They should announce the signing of Scott Hatteburg any minute now

 

[jarntt]

the Moneyball guy??? Jesus Christ, the Browns hired Brad Pitt as GM???

 

[{+}Mother-Marge{+}]

the Moneyball guy??? Jesus Christ, the Browns hired Brad Pitt as GM???

......*he just arrived/at the stadium*.....

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

He's pretty good and this is a big loss for my Mets.

 

[flyerhawk]

I don't think it matters that he is a baseball guy given the role they plan to give him.

Moneyball is always about arbitraging undervalue skills until they hit their true market price.

The question will be whether they can come up with metrics that effectively quantify and qualify skills.

 

[jarntt]

He's pretty good and this is a big loss for my Mets.

Maybe you can hire Bill Parcells???

 

[Rambulance]

Success at this sort of move is not unprecedented. The Blackhawks hired former Cubs president John McDonough in 2007. As long as it's a business hire, and not a personnel one.

 

[Tharvot]

Success at this sort of move is not unprecedented. The Blackhawks hired former Cubs president John McDonough in 2007. As long as it's a business hire, and not a personnel one.

Yeah, its a business move.

The Browns are now focusing all efforts on bringing in the right coach and gm...something they've been unable to do since reloading the franchise. Maybe they can land Sean Payton

 

[ducky]

Moneyball won't work in the NFL. Every player who is decent is overpaid in this league. Just the way it is.

The only way I could see an analytical analysis to change the approach to player acquisition is actually in the draft rather than in FA where a study might show that 3 3rd round picks are better than 1 1st round pick where it influences a team to trade up or down more often than normal.

 

[Cyder]

Maybe you can hire Bill Parcells???

They're in discussions with Eric Mangini

 

[flyerhawk]

Moneyball won't work in the NFL. Every player who is decent is overpaid in this league. Just the way it is.

The only way I could see an analytical analysis to change the approach to player acquisition is actually in the draft rather than in FA where a study might show that 3 3rd round picks are better than 1 1st round pick where it influences a team to trade up or down more often than normal.

It definitely has to happen at the draft, rather than FA.

Although if you look at the good teams, they tend to get players off the scrap heap and turn them into really good players.

 

[ATL96Steeler]

Paul Depodesto, former LA Dodgers GM and most recently the assistant GM of the NY Mets, is now the executive of strategy in Cleveland...for the Browns, not the Indians.

I guess the Executive of Football Ops they hired, Sashi Brown, is also a big analytics guy, so maybe the Browns can work up a spreadsheet that helps them not fail in the draft.

If nothing else, our new QB is likely to have the best on base percentage in the league.

I wonder...is that thinking outside of the box, or just not thinking?

 

[Tharvot]

They're in discussions with Eric Mangini

Been there, tried that.

 

[Tharvot]

I wonder...is that thinking outside of the box, or just not thinking?

Apparently the guy at least has some football background. Definitely an outside the box hire tho.

 

[Tharvot]

Moneyball won't work in the NFL. Every player who is decent is overpaid in this league. Just the way it is.

The only way I could see an analytical analysis to change the approach to player acquisition is actually in the draft rather than in FA where a study might show that 3 3rd round picks are better than 1 1st round pick where it influences a team to trade up or down more often than normal.

I could see it being very useful in the salary cap world that is the NFL. In baseball its most useful for small market teams that have to work on a budget...not as useful for teams that can shell out cash for whomever they want.

 

[Cyder]

Been there, tried that.

I was referring to the Mets. IN all seriousness though if I owned a football team I might give Mangini a shot now that he's been around a bit more and learned a very valuable lesson about being the flavor of the month. That team Rex took to the AFC championship games were basically built by Mangini

 

[boltfan72]

So the Browns have resorted to baseball executives? Stats mean a hell of a lot more over 162 games than they do over 16. Applaud them for mixing it up though.

 

[Cyder]

I blame Obama