Why Hue Jackson's Clash With Sports Science?

In an article on Sky Sports, “Why Hue Jackson's clash with sports science is bad for analytics in Cleveland”. Pundit Sean Wagner-McGough states some comments about the Cleveland Coach Hue Jackson’s belief for not allowing the staff to adjust the team’s padded practice. He says that Jackson actually does not accept the sports science principle because he trusts his feelings. In Jackson’s opinion, he believes that his feeling knows the aspect that is needed to be improved for the team to thrive in American football. Then, Wagner-McGough adds that sports science is not a revolution if it is always trumped by coaches such as Hue Jackson. Perhaps because the author said his comments in almost the entire of the article without any data or facts,
“The analytics uprising is not really a revolution since it is indicated by Jackson's disagreement with the staff.” How come the sports science is not a revolution? Sports science has changed a lot, at least in soccer. The effects of ageing is helped by sports science for older players to stave off despite the physical demand is required. In 2014, it can be seen that old players in the likes of Samuel Eto’o and Ryan Giggs still played well for their club. Samuel Eto’o, at 33, played for Chelsea even scored a hat trick against Man United and performed better than his teammate, Fernando Torres who is younger than him. Even in the age of 40, Ryan Giggs still showed decent performance and scored against Benfica in Champions League. The other striking thing is soccer players have become faster than the past decade. In 2006-2007, there were 330.2 sprints made per team in a Premier League match in average, but in 2013-2014 the number is increased by 30,6% to 431.1 sprints. On the other hand, there was a decline of 20% in recovery time between high intensity sprints (speeds of greater than 5.5 meters per second) from 54.6 seconds to 43.5 seconds (Ingle,
If his feeling keeps trumping sports science, there will be no revolution made by sports science. “The analytics will not work in a situation that let them to implement their thoughts, if Jackson can snub recommendations that encounter his gut. … That is not a revolution. That is, using the analysis for his own satisfaction.” I accept the pundit’s insight. Jackson must alter his perception and turn out to be an open-minded person so he can accept the beliefs in sports science. His method has shown some failure in games and Browns hire sports science staff to improve the team. Because since Jackson’s decision-making method only based by his feeling, the credibility of his method is questionable. Since without stats the decision-making will be subjective, it does not really show what improvements the team needed. Like in the case when he did not allow the staff to adjust his padded practice, he did not give any logical reason and cited his feeling. In contrast, the staff’s decision was based on analysis of the data they gathered based on players’ performances. Jackson should discuss at first with the staff because if he just approve the suggestions that supports his belief the sports science will not work. Sports science will not revolutionize and will be insignificant for the