Momentum, one of those hot button words that gets thrown around a lot in the sporting world. People talk about momentum from period to period, shift to shift, even over the course of several weeks. Vaguely speaking, we all know carrying momentum is important, but don’t really have a way to quantify its importance. Luckily for me given my limited capabilities, that’s a question I don’t have to answer myself.
The Athletic’s ($) Dom Luszczyszyn broke this down a few weeks ago, coming to the conclusion that It’s close to a crap shoot more or less.