A 2006 economics journal article examines the relationship between replacing a coach an team match performance thereafter. Teams that replace a coach during a crisis do worse in the short run, and the long-term effect isn't significant.
Just some quick food for thought based on some numbers I came across this morning. Robert Vollman, who writes at ESPN, Hockey Prospectus, and his own site, Hockey Abstract, recently did some...
Journeyman netminder Chris Mason returns to the Nashville Predators this season, the club that gave him his start in the NHL. After three other NHL cities, is this the year Mase hoists the Cup? Or hangs up the skates?
Whether you think Canada (14 golds) or the USA (37 total) gets the moral victory in the final medal count, there is one thing we can all agree on: Russia did not own the podium. And Russia's...
Last night, Kim Yu-Na's gold medal capped the rise of Brian Orser as one of the world's stellar figure-skating coaches. Outed in 1998 by a partner lawsuit, Orser has since embraced his orientation...
How sweet it is...for the Chinese figure skaters, who went 1-2 in the pairs medals, with Shen and Zhao winning gold for the first time ever. Sweeter still for their coach Bin Yao, who is getting...
Kyle Whittingham has staked his future on Brian Johnson. Was it a mistake?
Thanks to an informal survey of coaches out on the recruiting trail by CBS Sports' college basketball crew, Jay Wright has found himself listed with other coaching luminaries like Roy Williams, Jim...
"I'd like to thank the club and the LMA for ensuring a swift and harmonious conclusion. It has obviously been a big wrench leaving such an illustrious club and one which has played such a huge role...
"You know, I asked for Vinnie Jones. And got you." That's mine (weak, I know). Let's hear yours. Have at it, people.
