Cowboys Hire John Park as Director of Strategic Football Operations

[boozeman]

I have no fucking idea who this is and what they will do.

 

[boozeman]

 

[boozeman]

 

[boozeman]

 

[Rev]

He went to Duke so @Smitty will definitely be a fan.

 

[p1_]

Hes a damned actuary.

 

[boozeman]

He went to Duke so @Smitty will definitely be a fan.

I have gone through most of his Twitter.

I bet his way in was through some minority fellowship of some sort.

 

[boozeman]

Hes a damned actuary.

So he's good at math. And stuff.

 

[p1_]

I have gone through most of his Twitter.

I bet his way in was through some minority fellowship of some sort.

does minority fellowship = affirmative action?

 

[p1_]

So he's good at math. And stuff.

he knows when you and I will expire.

 

[Genghis Khan]

So he's good at math. And stuff.

I think we already knew that.

 

[boozeman]

Fuck it, I am out. Bad hire.

 

[boozeman]

I would ask that someone who still has an Athletic subscription to post this, but since he is our rapping data nerd, I don't care anymore.

 

[bbgun]

diversity hire

 

[boozeman]

It is starting to make a little more sense now.

Park is replacing the previous bean counter we had.





It looks like someone did something wrong or the gig was finally up because that guy looks like he could have been a lifer.

 

[boozeman]

More bad news. The Colts' head coaching search was a shit show.

 

[boozeman]

This is Blogging The Boys, so read carefully:

Park likely now becomes the highest ranking analytics officer in the Cowboys organization, one that has made a more public commitment to football analytics since the hiring of Mike McCarthy as the head coach. The Cowboys have added several analytics-focused personnel to the coaching staff since then, but Park appears to be the first prominent addition on the front office side of things.

Park is considered to be a rising star in the NFL analytics community, and his new position with the Cowboys is the culmination of the impressive work he achieved with the Colts. Some of the reactions from others in the analytics community have been glowing:

~a bunch of attaboys from randos, including one praising his turnaround jump shot~

 

[Chocolate Lab]

JFC.

 

[boozeman]

JFC.

What? Is there a problem here?

 

[Chocolate Lab]

What? Is there a problem here?

That's for BtB. They even have to hype up some rando analytics hire.