Originally published at: Why a 'Moneyball' approach could be the answer for Celtic - 67 Hail Hail
Do you remember the book and film ‘Moneyball’? If not, it’s the story of Billy Beane, a baseball General Manager who turned the Oakland Athletics from a bloated, dying club to an MLB powerhouse. The method was using analytics, and finding value in unorthodox ways. So, instead of going after big-name players, it was a…
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Does Celtic have an analytics team? I remember an apocryphal sorry about Rogers hiring some 20 year old to do analytics to good success.
I’ve not heard anything about an analytics team at Sellick but didn’t mean it’s not there.
The ROI for hiring a few statisticians could be enormous.
Good article.
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Celtic do have teams in different countries all over the world. Or help them get on with things. But we do help lots of teams. And our scouting network is amazing, however, I think we’ve left west Africa for some unknown reason. But analytics on our board I know nowt?