This week, we’ve walked through how to evaluate teams and coaches, and so now, it’s time to further explore something we touched on while discussing team evaluation: projecting team performance. How do we take some of our ideas on evaluation and maximize their predictiveness as a holistic composite of team strength?
I find it most useful to double back to the idea of the “Five Factors of football”, pioneered by friend-of-the-program Bill Connelly, who lays them out as so:
1. Efficiency: ...examine(s) your efficiency and consistency in staying on schedule and putting yourself in position to move the chains.