Let the house-cleaning begin! Why this guy who understands only financial figures was ever allowed to be responsible for evaluating football talent beats me, but this is Jed's buddy and he just got demoted to California oblivion known as Sacramento. Check out how much the York's have trusted this guy...
He is the club's chief contract negotiator and salary cap architect, and also runs the team's football analytics efforts. He is responsible for the 49ers compliance with the NFL's collective bargaining agreement and works closely with general manager Trent Baalke on all aspects of the club's football operations, including the draft.
Marathe – an analytics guru and numbers cruncher – often presented mid-game suggestions for Harbaugh to go for it on fourth down, or go for two instead of kicking an extra point. At certain points, Marathe was even given a chair in the coaches booth and put in charge of replays and determining whether or not to suggest challenging questionable calls.
The 49ers organization, however, are among the leaders in advanced football analytics, in large part because of Paraag Marathe. He has been a true pioneer in football analytics. Marathe, like many analytic guys, had never stepped foot on a professional football field or inside a locker room, never felt the game changing effect of momentum, has never experienced the team chemistry or what nerves can do to those black and white numbers.
Marathe was originally hired to figure out how much each position was worth, how much to pay them under the salary cap, and when to draft them. The 49ers went to the Boston-based consulting firm Bain & Company and asked them to develop an algorithm...He was a young, promising consultant who was available at the time that the 49ers reached out. Marathe quickly won over 49ers owners. This was not a football hire, rather a temporary financial consulting job to help the 49ers accumulate information. Marathe quickly emerged as a strong advocate within the organization for the team to rely more on statistical analytics in calling plays.
He is the club's chief contract negotiator and salary cap architect, and also runs the team's football analytics efforts. He is responsible for the 49ers compliance with the NFL's collective bargaining agreement and works closely with general manager Trent Baalke on all aspects of the club's football operations, including the draft.
Marathe – an analytics guru and numbers cruncher – often presented mid-game suggestions for Harbaugh to go for it on fourth down, or go for two instead of kicking an extra point. At certain points, Marathe was even given a chair in the coaches booth and put in charge of replays and determining whether or not to suggest challenging questionable calls.
The 49ers organization, however, are among the leaders in advanced football analytics, in large part because of Paraag Marathe. He has been a true pioneer in football analytics. Marathe, like many analytic guys, had never stepped foot on a professional football field or inside a locker room, never felt the game changing effect of momentum, has never experienced the team chemistry or what nerves can do to those black and white numbers.
Marathe was originally hired to figure out how much each position was worth, how much to pay them under the salary cap, and when to draft them. The 49ers went to the Boston-based consulting firm Bain & Company and asked them to develop an algorithm...He was a young, promising consultant who was available at the time that the 49ers reached out. Marathe quickly won over 49ers owners. This was not a football hire, rather a temporary financial consulting job to help the 49ers accumulate information. Marathe quickly emerged as a strong advocate within the organization for the team to rely more on statistical analytics in calling plays.
So a guy who has never played a down of football in his life has had the York's eating out of his palms for years now. I'm sure him and Jed will still be butt-buddies but it seems that Paraag is going to be kept a far distance away from the football side of things. Good fuckin riddance! Lets do an example of how a Harbaugh/Marathe conversation went mid-game.
Baby steps with Jed! Count this as a small win and be ready for the next head to be taken! Let's go for that Top 3 pick! Tank! Tank! Sell! Sell!
By: El Mijo