Statchat - Dishing it w/Dklats Dave Klatsky

Dave chats w/2 different student athletes w/strong social media presences about their perspective and how they are able to monetize their NIL. On the tik tok platform @mattyice5 has over 100k followers and @jaylinreed7 (starts at 37:18) has over 1M. Both individuals give us a glimpse into the social media world and how they built their audience, how they got started and details on how their branding deals came about. It is extremely informative on how this world works and how others that aren't from high profile schools can take advantage.

NIL from a coach's perspective! How can coach's help their players....Dave and Mike spitball ideas that can work for all student athletes, not just the superstars or ones that have the mega social media presence already. How much is too much, what are some of the repercussions and unintended consequences that may fall on a coach's plate. These guys talk thru things you may or may not be thinking about but probably should be. NIL is big and here to stay

Simon joins Dave to discuss his new website Shotquality.com. The two chat about some of the features and how coaches can use this data to help their teams and players. Simon breaks down what variables go into the algorithm to reach the shot quality number and Dave attempts to translate all the information into non wizard terms. Dave discusses how he and the Colgate staff have coached players with below average shot quality and Simon discusses his myriad of conversations with other college coaches and how they best plan on using this data. Simon also teases out a few new features coming out for this season and Dave mentions a few that Simon hopes to have out around NCAA tournament time.

Darris and Dave dish it about all things Gators. They start with talking about defensive philosophies, emphases and their system for grading each bucket scored against them. They continue talking about what it's like to coach a young group and their progress made over the season. Darris also talks about how they keep their team on the same page and some advice on how to manage different type personalities. Lastly they dish it about what's in store for college basketball with the oncoming changes and how that will affect HM programs.

Amit and Dave chat about Second Spectrum, its origins and how he became an expert. They dig into how Clemson specifically uses the data and what kind of details it can track. Amit gives some hard cold data on the differences in effective FG% from different distances and whether contesting affects those numbers at all. They talk about other trends including what paint touches did for their offense and how to improve shot quality. If you've ever wondered what a high major video coordinator does Amit breaks that down also

Mike joins the pod to discuss ideas to help his team during the Corona quarantine. Mike also discusses what practice and game stats he and his staff tracks and some specific drills that take advantage of their emphases. They bounce ideas back and forth on defensive transition and ways to improve this. Lastly you'll hear Mike and Dave's opinion on the new transfer rule that is expected to pass.