One of the driving themes in sports since the turn of the century has been the emergence of advanced metrics: numbers that explain the results on-field.

Somewhat unsurprisingly, Bill Belichick pays no heed to these newfangled metrics.

“What the hell is that?” Belichick asked back when questioned about his perception of advanced metric websites Friday. “You can take those advanced websites and metric them in whatever you want.

“I don’t know. I have no idea. I’ve never looked at one. I would never care to look at one. I don’t care what they say.”

I guess you could say Belichick is more of a sabermetrics guy. Not an analytics guy. — Doug Kyed (@DougKyed) November 18, 2016

Belichick went on to explain his simpler view of the action, in more of a read and react methodology. “As far as the quarterback goes, read the coverage, throw the ball to the open receiver, take the best matchup,” he said. “That’s what it is in a nutshell.”


“As far as the metrics they use and all that, I have no idea. You’ll need to ask that to a smarter coach than me.”