In MLB there are an average of 146 pitches thrown per game over 162 regular season games. Each at bat is a discrete instance with a limited number of human variables at play. Due to the low risk of injury in game play, practice can closely simulate real situations.
IMO, baseball is a knowable sport. The coaches can make the correct decision much of the time based on ample game and simulation (practice) evidence.
Conversely, in an NFL where only ~1000 plays are run per year for each team, each play with 22 human variables, and where practice (simulation) is a poor facsimile of game play due to injury prevention, coaches make decisions with little basis on real or simulated evidence. It is an intrinsically unknowable sport. And college football has far fewer repetitions than the pros.
So what is the equivalent in baseball of the average college football coach?
IMO, baseball is a knowable sport. The coaches can make the correct decision much of the time based on ample game and simulation (practice) evidence.
Conversely, in an NFL where only ~1000 plays are run per year for each team, each play with 22 human variables, and where practice (simulation) is a poor facsimile of game play due to injury prevention, coaches make decisions with little basis on real or simulated evidence. It is an intrinsically unknowable sport. And college football has far fewer repetitions than the pros.
So what is the equivalent in baseball of the average college football coach?
