I just don’t think these guys have the capacity to do what you’re suggesting. Where is the evidence?
I almost think we were having the wrong discussion yesterday on StatDNA because the tool itself is useless without the scouting fundamentals in place. An example from a different sector: I’ve often seen guys from industry come in and say they want to use advanced analytics in their plants, but when you look at their plant data they are at 10% efficiency below their peers. So you just tell them that the analytics will only help them slightly improve a shitty plant (bullshit in bullshit out). They need to hire a plant manager to walk the production line and fix the basics first. Then use analytics on top.
Similarly, I think we need to get our act in order. If Claude Maurice is rejecting us for Monchengladbach and our peers are constantly beating us to the Unders and Konates of this world, then we need to take a long hard look at the quality of our recruiting personnel, processes, and management of information from scouting to deal-making.
