The Schwab wrote:Flip wrote:ndlionsfan wrote:ok attempts may be up, but are percentages? I would be very surprised if they were
I figured out too, for the Big 12 teams. I left that sheet at school, but the percentages were similar. 3 pt attempts up because coaches know it makes their teams better. I'm not saying a team should shoot all 3 pointers.
It isn't just basketball either. Coaches are beginning to go for it more on 4th down. Managers are starting to bat their best hitters 2nd and not 3rd.
That's a whole different idea totally haha! I'm part of the group that thinks you bat your best hitter lead off!
I read in two different publications (SI and ESPN I think) last year that your best batter should hit 2nd and not 3rd. Both articles were basically saying Dusty Baker was an idiot for batting Votto 3rd and not 2nd. Part of thinking was you get your best better more at bats throughout the season and in the Reds case they were batting a pretty bad batter 2nd. To the Schwab's comment about batting your best batter 1st. You want a batter with a high on base percentage and maybe not much power batting first because he's going to get a lot of at bats with no body on base since he bats after the bottom of the order.
There's more in other sports that I started to elude to in previous posts about shooting more 3 pointers in basketball and going for it more on 4th down in football.