SEC home teams were 7-0 this weekend
- By TheRedRain
- Kudzu Hill
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No road team won a series in league play this weekend. Some of those were not shocking. That Missouri didn't win the series in Arkansas surprised nobody. But it was a bit surprising that Alabama took two from Tennessee, that Ole Miss took two from South Carolina, and that Miss State took two from LSU. It was surprising that Auburn got swept, but even more surprising how it happened. And I think that the same could be said about us... more surprising was how the sweep happened than the sweep itself (though the sweep itself was not expected).
Here is my thought. We all know about TrackMan and all the enhanced, real time data that can be gathered. I don't know if any rules exist on accessing that stuff during the game - I assume not, but even if there are such rules, I'm sure they are either worked around or ignored.
We've talked about how we looked like a different team this weekend. Why was that? I haven't been to Kentucky's new stadium, but their old place wasn't overly intimidating and I'm sure their new park isn't either. We flew up there... there wasn't some 8-hour bus ride on Thursday for us. Did we look different because, at least in part, we weren't getting the same kind of data that we'd get at home? Was that true for the other SEC road teams?
I'm not trying to make any excuses. We did a lot of stuff that contributed to the sweep that goes beyond any kind of analytics. But I think it is something that bears watching. If the home team is able to get a collection of real time information on spin rates and the like, and the visiting team doesn't ... that puts the home team at a significant advantage if it knows who to coach to what it is seeing in real time. Or I think it would anyway. I'd love to know the difference between what we can access in-game at home versus away.
Here is my thought. We all know about TrackMan and all the enhanced, real time data that can be gathered. I don't know if any rules exist on accessing that stuff during the game - I assume not, but even if there are such rules, I'm sure they are either worked around or ignored.
We've talked about how we looked like a different team this weekend. Why was that? I haven't been to Kentucky's new stadium, but their old place wasn't overly intimidating and I'm sure their new park isn't either. We flew up there... there wasn't some 8-hour bus ride on Thursday for us. Did we look different because, at least in part, we weren't getting the same kind of data that we'd get at home? Was that true for the other SEC road teams?
I'm not trying to make any excuses. We did a lot of stuff that contributed to the sweep that goes beyond any kind of analytics. But I think it is something that bears watching. If the home team is able to get a collection of real time information on spin rates and the like, and the visiting team doesn't ... that puts the home team at a significant advantage if it knows who to coach to what it is seeing in real time. Or I think it would anyway. I'd love to know the difference between what we can access in-game at home versus away.