How do you create a predictive football stat? Josh Hermsmeyer took an underutilized stat of AirYards and created his own efficiency and opportunity metrics that not only help predict pass catcher volume but reveal QB and coaching intent. Hear his story and get to know the man behind AirYards.
Josh’s MUST READ Rotoworld Article: http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nfl/69265/446/why-receiver-air-yards-matter
IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:
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- Where Josh grew up
- Dad’s influence on his entrepreneurial endeavors
- Disillusionment with Baseball
- Starting a winery
- Discovering AirYards
- Creating his own metrics
- Importance of aDot
- How AirYards show coaching intent
- Descriptive vs Predictive Stats
- Stats that predict themselves
- Josh’s RACR efficiency stat
- Josh’s WOPR opportunity stat
- How to analyze your own data
- Using AirYards.com for research
- Escaping California fires
- Good books
- Regrets
- Life advice
- and much more
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