Experiment: Ask Greg Popovich, Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobli and Tony Parker whether they would be willing to abandon analytics, and what would happen to their W/L and championship hopes in the case that they would abandon analytics.
Then compare that answer to Chuck and Mailman.
“I think all of us, in basketball, want to rely on our instincts more than anything, but statistics confirm or deny certain hunches,” said Indiana Pacers Coach Frank Vogel, who relies on analytics to construct his team’s defensive scheme. “I think they also point out things that you may not have realized or understood and force you to evaluate further.”
Chuck and Karl make illogical assertions like it is just a bunch of people who never played hoops who use and understand analytics. Let's see, Pat Riley Eric Spoelstra LeBron, Battier, growing list of converts.
I think some of this is beyond Karl and Chuck's capability to grasp and not used when they were successful, so they reject it.
It reminds me of Karl mocking Gobert's manhood when he used spandex.
I like Chuck and Karl, they have very high instinctual hoops IQ. But the idea that measurements and math can't improve the insights is out in left field and in the 80s.