Coach Ranking Week, Part I: Data that matters (05/07)
Cover 3 College Football
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🗓️ 7 May 2019
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson are joined by Stephen Prather of SportSource Analytics to discuss how coaches are evaluated. First, the reactions to our AAC-only rankings (3:30), news from the recruiting trail with Clemson's latest five-star commitments (10:00) and what's next now that Tigers have moved from underdog to big dog, blue blood status in the sport (15:00). Then Stephen Prather joins the show, sharing common misconceptions from what makes a good coach (23:45), the difficulties in evaluating assistant coaches (33:50), the most valuable coaching traits (43:15) and much more.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Cover 3 Podcast with your host, Chip Patterson and Barton Simmons. |
| 0:10.0 | It's your call for the best college football coverage. |
| 0:14.0 | From National Signing Day to the National Championship and everything in between, CBS Sports |
| 0:21.0 | Presents, The Cover 3 Podcast. |
| 0:25.0 | And welcome back to The Cover 3 Podcast here on CBS Sports. |
| 0:28.0 | That's Barton Simmons, I'm Chip Patterson. |
| 0:30.0 | We've got Steven Prader of Sports Force Analytics coming up in just a little bit. |
| 0:34.0 | It is Coach Rankings Week and while the Rankings that Barton, myself, |
| 0:39.0 | Tom Fonelli, who will be joining us to break down those rankings on Wednesday |
| 0:44.0 | and many others of the experts. |
| 0:46.0 | We had numbers at our hands and at our disposal, but for the most part, |
| 0:51.0 | it kind of felt like a lot of it was with the heart, maybe as much as with the head. |
| 0:56.0 | And it'll be nice to have some sobering conversations with Steven Barton. |
| 1:00.0 | How are we feeling? |
| 1:02.0 | We're good. We're good. Coach Weeks, one of my favorite weeks. |
| 1:05.0 | Because it's great, it's great conversation. |
| 1:09.0 | It's great to bathe fodder. |
| 1:11.0 | And I'm convinced that college football fans are ultimately soap opera fans at their heart. |
| 1:21.0 | And explain. I like this. |
| 1:23.0 | They, I think coaches take on this like character persona for college football fans. |
| 1:33.0 | And that's why the coaching carousel is people are so ravenous for it. |
| 1:38.0 | Because what they're really looking for is just like story lines and following the characters. |
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