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Thanks to the nifty news feed on the left sidebar, I was made aware of a job promotion within the Bulls organization:

The Chicago Bulls announced today the promotion of Matt Lloyd to Director of College Scouting.

"This promotion is a natural progression for Matt, who has been instrumental in formulating our extensive college scouting database," said Bulls Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations John Paxson.

Really, how hard could it be to create a set of college players for Pax to scout?

select player.last_name, player.first_name
from player
where player.school_name in
    (
    select school.school_name
    from school
    where (school.tournament_finish < 5)
    or school.school_name in
       ("Duke", "Kansas", "Connecticut", "Kentucky", "North Carolina")
    );
Next step: cracking the formula that calculates 'grit index' for each player.

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It's cute, not nerdy!
I read the PR announcement at the Bulls site.  You left out the statistical analysis part of Matt's old job.  I'd love to know how the Bulls use stats, and what they think of Hollinger, and all the other stat practicioners out in basketball fandom.

And if that Matt's not doing the statistical analysis stuff anymore, maybe there's an opening for someone else to step into the void?  Anyone sending in resumes?

by KT on Sep 6, 2007 11:22 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

All right, you little bastard.
Just because you run this here blog, doesn't give you the right to replace the hot shot college snob as reigning King of Snark. Knock it off already!

by ChrisRobin on Sep 7, 2007 2:59 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Whats with the SQL
I come to this site to get away from work, and you're just sucking me right back in!

by peterbredenberg on Sep 7, 2007 8:07 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Total Aggregate Grittiness??
Select last_name, first_name, pts_per_game + 2 * reb_per_game + 2 * ast_per_game - 250 * turnovers +  500 * bald + 1000 * charges_taken as skiles_factor

From player

Order by skiles_factor desc

by Rodmaniac on Sep 7, 2007 8:23 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

somewhat off topic
but anyway see skiles get inducted into MSU sports hall of fame on saturday....if you did i woulda been the one screaming "scottie mothafucking skiles" in the student section

by milesgmsu on Sep 10, 2007 12:01 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You know it's a slow day on Blog-a-Bull...
... when Matt starts posting in SQL. Nice and crucial addition, Rodmaniac!

by Mike Aparicio on Sep 7, 2007 9:11 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yes, but...
you've buried my very thoughtful piece with some meaningful posts :-)
The Game chose him !

by Diabolo on Sep 7, 2007 9:47 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Duh...
I meant meaningless posts !
The Game chose him !

by Diabolo on Sep 7, 2007 9:47 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

true, sorry about that
hopefully it doesn't discourage you from further reports. reading (and then watching) Thabo's self-assist was worth the while.

If it makes you feel better, some people noticed.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Sep 7, 2007 10:00 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

is it me?
or is somebody jealous...
Pushing comments to the right for a while now!!!-------------------->

by bullshooter on Sep 7, 2007 4:11 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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