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Is the NCAA too Big?
Here's a lengthy excerpt from an interview with Missouri AD Mike Alden published in the Columbia Daily Tribune:
Q: Should the NCAA take another look at its stance on amateurism?
A: I think it's healthy to do that. I think if you step back and say, "No, we're not going to touch that," it's a different age today. Now, you might not change anything. I have no idea. But should they step back and have the membership and others take a look at that and say, "Hey, do you really want to rethink this model?" Sure. It's no different than when we relaxed all of those regulations on men's basketball, allowing unlimited texting, and everybody thought, "Oh my gosh, this is a whole different thing." Shoot, that's worked out fine. It's been good for the prospective student-athletes, it's been good for the parents, it's been good for the coaches, it hasn't given anybody a competitive advantage, so I think that it's really healthy to analyze your entire organization regularly, and I think amateurism would be an issue that you should look at and say, "Do we have the right model? Is there some tweaking, some adjustment we can make here." …
It's no different than asking, "Should we take a look at an additional division within Division I?" I happen to think that you should. I think that there are 60-70 schools that are different than everybody else in Division I. Different than anybody else and I think the time has probably come where we need to recognize that, that what goes on Michigan State is different than what they have to deal with at Eastern Michigan. It just is. What happens at Illinois is different than what they deal with at Illinois State. So let's recognize it, let's admit it, and let's just say, "OK, let's find the commonalities of those 60-70 schools and let them deal with some of the issues they need to deal with" while at the same time there are other common denominators that all of us have to deal with — whether it's amateurism or whether it has to do with minimum hours toward graduation or standardized test scores, whatever that may be. All of us should have to deal with that. But I do think the time has come for us to look and to admit that there are 60 schools to 70 schools that are different than everybody else.
Q: That was going to be my next question was about the fourth division. Part of the problem at the core of this is that they in the last 20 years, made it so easy to move to Division I. Did you have a sense as that whole process was going on, that this was getting too big?
A: It's funny you say that because 15 years ago I was the athletic director at Texas State, an FCS, I-AA football program. Their aspirations always were to be Division I — Division I-A. Now, I was there. I'm living this. Texas is right down the road. I'm living in a stadium of 95,000 people at that time. Now it's over 100,000. I'm thinking, "It is so much different at Texas than it is at Texas State. Why should we even imagine that we should be Division I-A?" The answer generally that you'll see is that we want to associate with I-A so we can look like them. We can get the afterglow effect, the ability to be able to be touched by it. So when you saw that happen and when you saw Louisiana-Monroe saying, "This is what we need to do," when you saw Arkansas State saying, "This is what we need to do" and you saw UT-San Antonio. And again, that's not to offend them. That's just the reality of that.
There couldn't be anything more different than night and day between Texas State and the University of Texas. There's nothing. So when you saw the gravitating, going from 110 programs to 112 to 116 to now 120, whatever.
Mr. Alden makes a point that I have felt for a long time: the NCAA, especially Division 1/FBS, is simply too big. The economic differences (i.e. willingness to pay for tickets, to donate, etc.) between the fan bases of, say, the top tiers and lowest tiers makes the current NCAA structure an unstable equilibrium. What will it look like in 15 years? Only the shadow knows.
The Tampa Bay Rays Make Another Run
The Tampa Bay Rays are definitely an economic anomaly in Major League Baseball (MLB). As of July 30, 2013, the Rays are in first place in the American League (AL) East, sitting just a half game above the Boston Red Sox in an exciting pennant race. Yet the Rays payroll of only $57 million pales in comparison to $159 million payroll of the Red Sox (source). This is not another Moneyball story, rather, the Rays just seem to have a really good farm system that keeps producing productive players. This is a story about the Rays attendance and poses the question how long can the Rays ownership survive in Tampa Bay? Stuart Sternberg, owner of the Rays, was quoted in 2011 as saying
"When I came in here in '05 and '06, I saw the stars, and I was confident that we could put a winning product on the field — and I was told by you guys and others that all we needed was a winning team. Well, we won. We won. We won. And we won. And it didn't do it."
Sternberg is referring to profit when he referred to "all we needed was a winning team". Sternberg made significant investments in talent for the start of the 2007 season and the payroll jumped to $57 million. The results began to show in the 2008 season when the club won 97 games, clinching the Eastern division pennant but losing the World Series in 5 games. Unfortunately the tremendous success did not translate into fan interest and the club experienced only a modest improvement in revenue for 2008, but did move up somewhat compared to the MLB average revenue. The Rays made the playoffs again in the 2010 and 2011 seasons with the payroll reaching $80 million in 2010. But revenues did not keep up and profits shrank to levels below the 2005 season (it is quite likely that the Rays benefited from baseball's revenue sharing agreement much more in 2005 than in 2010). By the end of the 2011 season, Sternberg gave in and cut the Rays payroll to $40 million.
The Rays are a strong contender in 2013 to win the AL East pennant and move into the playoffs. Sternberg upped the payroll by acquiring all-star reliever Jesse Crain from the White Sox on July 29 and they appear to be gearing for a pennant run. Unfortunately Ray fans have not responded at the gate. Per game attendance is down by 2,860 from the 2012 figure and the Rays have the second lowest attendance in MLB (source) only slightly above the far-worse performing Miami Marlins, despite the Rays having a better winning record compared to this point last season. What gives in Tampa?
The standard economic model of a professional sports league is not working in Tampa. Revenue is a function of winning in that model, so attendance should be surging and so should revenues at the single equilibrium the model assumes. Putting aside the notion that Sternberg only receives utility from the satisfaction from winning (see the quote above), the model needs to be overhauled. Or does it? It is simple to augment the standard model to generate more than one winning equilibrium: small market clubs can have a low and a high winning equilibrium, but only the low equilibrium achieves the globally highest profit. Steve Easton and I generate such a result in our forthcoming book (Springer) that is based on our 2010 paper published in the Journal of Sports Economics. The burning question is why a profit-maximizing owner would wish to move to and stay at the high equilibrium, even though it is only a local profit maximum? Revenue sharing helps the Rays for sure, but that can't be enough. We suggest some answers, citing the Hubris effect, the desire to have the local government build a new stadium, or that owners care more about maximizing the sale value of a club rather than current profits. If all this fails, then Rays fans had better start supporting the team or the team could leave (maybe the fans don't care). All good for me since there are rumors of a potential owner with deep pockets owing a team in Montreal. Les Expos?
Economic power and sports success
Yesterday the US Men's national team wound up a successful Gold Cup, the biannual North American soccer championship, by beating Panama 1-0 in the title match. The US win was an all-time record 11th in row for the Americans who dominated the tournament from start to finish. While the US does not have a particularly strong soccer tradition, winning the title came as no surprise. Since the tournament began in 1991, the US has a 48-6-7 record in the tournament, has won the championship 5 times, and has another 4 second place and 2 third place finishes to its name. There is one simple reason for the Americans' success: economics.
There is a fairly lengthy scholarly literature on the relationship between sports success and economics. Whether one looks at medal count in the Olympics or FIFA rankings for either men's or women's soccer, there is a strong correlation between population, GDP, and GDP per capita and sports success. A large population gives a country a large pool of potential athletes from which to draw, and a high GDP or GDP/person gives the country the resources required to adequately train its athletes.
Thus, it should actually come as no surprise that the US is the dominant soccer-playing country in its region. It has a GDP five times larger than the rest of North America combined and a population that also exceeds the rest of the continent. Aside from the US, only Mexico, a six-time winner of the Gold Cup, is consistently a real challenger for regional supremacy, and again it is all about economics. Excluding the US and Canada, Mexico's population is larger than the rest of the continent combined and its economy is roughly three times bigger. Indeed, Canada, with the region's second largest economy and third largest population, is currently the real underachiever.
So, kudos to the Americans for their on-going win streak and latest championship, but let's keep things in economic perspective. Aside from a nice win against economic and soccer power Germany to begin the streak, the American's last 10 wins have come against countries with a combined GDP of roughly the same size as Boston's.
Why MLBPA Slow to Protect Non-Users?
Milwaukee Brewer Ryan Braun surpised the baseball world this week by admitting his use of steroids and accepting a suspension. Of course, after failing a drug test and avoiding suspension on a technicality, he only admitted the obvious and after months of denial. I suppose there is some honor in that.
My question for players is why hasn't the MLB Player's Association emerged as a stronger voice against PED use? Yes, there should be due process protections for suspected players, but the MLBPA has never stepped out front on this issue. And, yes, there are now indications that times may be changing as I note below. For a long time, however, the pressure has run the opposite direction — protect the users, silence the critics. That's certainly the case a few years back when Mets player representative, Tom Glavine, told fellow Met Turk Wendell to shut up about PED use.
The campaign to reduce or eliminate steroid use in baseball usually comes across as either a push by outsiders (media, drug testers, former players…) or by league management. Yet, the strongest case is internal — clean players against those who are users. Roy Oswalt stated the case with force in this 2009 MLB.com article:
"It does bother me," Oswalt said. "Especially for the guys that went out there and did it on talent. We're always going to have a cloud on us, and that's not fair at all. "The ones that have come out and admitted it, and are proven guilty, [their numbers] should not count. I've been cheated out of the game," Oswalt continued. "This is my ninth year, and I've done nothing to enhance my performance, other than work my butt off to get guys out. These guys [who took PEDs] have all the talent in the world. All-Star talent. And they put times two on it. "I'm going out there with the ability God gave me. They have that ability, too, and they're putting something on top of it."
Such strong statements by players are rarely heard and certainly not taken up as a banner by the Player's Association. Roy Oswalt is not the voice of the MLPA. The internal politics of the MLBPA that continues to drag its feet intrigues me. What drives this deference to users? Why isn't the MLBPA out front on the matter? Why isn't it pushing for longer suspensions and more frequent testing? Why are players still snared by backdoor investigations of labs rather than up front testing? The political possibilities include:
1. A majority of players are users and dominate the MLBPA's voice through sheer numbers. That would not have been hard to believe in the 1990s or early 2000s, if the now believable statements by players like Jose Canseco or Ken Caminiti were, indeed, accurate. While, clearly, many players are still using, one would think that the percentage has dropped, even with MLB's rather weak testing and penalties.
2. Star players are at risk who have greater than average influence on the association's leadership. Whether Ryan Braun, or players on the list associated with the Florida lab such as Alex Rodriguez, these are high profile players. Their status makes player reps and union leadership reluctant to be aggressive.
3. The institutional culture of the MLBPA enforces a fraternal conspiracy of silence. Members of close-knit organizations or insiders frequently adopt standards that strongly discourage negative revelations, even when it works to the detriment of the group, and, in retrospect, even seems stupid down the line. Anyone who steps out of line becomes a disloyal "narc." This kind of thing is seen among police, military units, and even in the Penn State case. Glavine's assault on Wendell fits this to a tee.
Whichever of these or some combination of them have held sway, a couple of pieces by ESPN's Buster Olney signal that the non-user players are becoming more vocal against the users.
"Who Scores Games by Hand Anymore?"
The NYTimes has an article about keeping score at baseball games.
But today's fans go to ballparks that feature upscale restaurants, play areas for children and other attractions besides the game. Digital apps aside, there are also e-mails and social media sites to check, photos and videos to shoot, phone calls to make.
I didn't become a baseball fan until after I graduated high school and I didn't go to my first baseball game until I was 21 years old. A friend and I drove from my hometown of Sioux City, Ia to Kansas City to watch the Royals play the A's and Jose Canseco. I was too excited to see my first game to even think about keeping a record of the game and, admittedly, didn't realize there was such a thing as formally keeping score. So I was well into my adult years before I learned to keep score.
The first time I remember keeping score was at an Omaha Royals game, probably in 1989. I bought a program and found a scorecard inside, got a pencil, read the program's instructions on how to keep score, and, well, kept score. It wasn't a hard thing to do.
I usually don't keep score when I go to games these days and I can't tell you the last time I kept score at a professional game. If I'm at a game, I'm likely there with my family and I'd rather talk to them and take in the atmosphere of the game. Oh, and I must use my smartphone.
The last time I kept score was a couple of weeks ago at my 11 year-old's baseball game. If you've ever seen 11 year-old baseball, there are a few hits. But there are lots of BB's, K's, HBP's, WP's, PB's. Oh, and there are lots of E-x's where x = (1,2,…,9). So they kept me busy.
And off my smartphone.
The oldest prize in Test cricket is once again up for grabs. Commencing earlier today, Australia is taking on England away from its own backyard in an attempt to regain the Ashes. Michael Clarke's men have shown transparently that this one is the series they have the greatest desire to win, despite the old urn's grossly underwhelming aesthetic stature.
Following its creation as the spoils of victory in series between these combatants in 1882 (though curiously never designated as such formally), its place in the sport as a bilateral trophy (one that can be won only by either of two teams) was unique for almost 80 years.
This changed only during the remarkable 1960/61 West Indies tour in Australia, which was capped with the minting of the Frank Worrell Trophy, to be contested thereafter between those teams. There has more recently been a real proliferation of these trophies, especially since the mid-1990s.
Currently, with 10 Test playing nations involved in World cricket, there are consequently 45 bilateral sets of opponents, and a total of 11 different bilateral trophies (effective since 2008) are now actively played for periodically, with Australia being the 'worst offenders', playing for 6 such trophies out of its 9 Test rivals.
Cricket fans – please feel free to disagree, but one's personal view is that with the Ashes an obvious exception (given its history), many of these other bilateral trophies are surplus to one's interest above and beyond the simple significance of the Test series and its ultimate result, and often play a role of little more than a shameless gimmick, and a diminution of the actual cricket.
Nonetheless, in any individual Test series, the simple tactical objective is generally to win the series, and if that becomes mathematically impossible or even improbable, a series draw is still better than a loss.
A complicating factor in cricket, however, is that there is no universal consensus – the ICC ranking system aside – on the value of a draw relative to a loss, unlike other sports where league points make this explicit (one-half in many sports, one-third in modern soccer). The existence of a trophy, assuming that 'holding' it really matters to players and fans, muddies the tactical waters, as the holder has to be beaten for the 'silverware' to change hands.
There is relevance in this setting of interest to microeconomists through incentives and strategy. Sporting contests have much potential to tell us economists more than a thing or two about the way firms behave in duopolistic industries where the competitors are not equally resourced.
Assuming there is some value to holding the trophy, potential follows for this value to skew attacking and defensive tactical decisions of both captains, comparative to the identical series scenario where there is no trophy on the line.
This upcoming series can be used to illustrate a textbook case of how a bilateral trophy being at stake may just alter team behaviour at the margin. However unlikely you think it, suppose the series is level at 1-1 after four Tests, and that late on day five of the fifth test, the final and deciding game is on a knife's edge (and that a draw is still a comparable possibility).
Since 1-1 is not good enough for Australia to return home with the prize (England currently holds the Ashes), it is easy to envisage how Michael Clarke would throw caution to the wind to give his XI every possible chance of winning the decider, not to mention what Alistair Cook's 'game theoretic' tactical response might be.
In the counterfactual that there exist no Ashes for him to regain, rather it's purely the series outcome that matters, one might imagine how he may turn defensive to suffice for a draw and (arguably) claim a moral victory in levelling an away series against a significantly more favoured team. The inclination for him to do this might be accentuated if his captaincy and/or personal form were under scrutiny during the series, with equal honours perversely providing him some measure of vindication.
Even if you summarily reject any possibility that Clarke would ever sway toward that tactical inclination, you might be willing to accept how Zimbabwean skipper Brendan Taylor would analogously almost certainly opt for any stalemate within reach at the death of an away series to their neighbours – the World top-ranked South Africans.
At any rate, I suspect that fans of Australian cricket will have a wide range of views about how they will feel about a drawn series. Many will consider it equivalent to a series loss, since the Ashes are not regained either way. Others like me, with the recent 4-0 whitewash in India still fresh in the mind, will still take some matter of pride in averting a third successive series loss against the old enemy.
In 1988 for the Oakland Athletics, Tony LaRussa initiated his strategy of using Dennis Eckersley as a 9th inning, only-when-leading relief pitcher – a "closer." The move helped the A's and resurrected Eckersley from an over-the-hill starter to Cy Young and MVP winner. The success of the Athletics and Eckersley popularized the practice with it eventually attaining universal adoption across MLB. Specific elements of the Eckersley case made the strategy make sense. He was an aging starter with a lot of inning mileage in his arm. Restricting his innings and making them very predictable so as to ease warming up improved his performance and extended his career while helping the team. Beyond his case, however, was the the universal adoption of the practice evidence of it's wisdom or a case of mindless managerial imitation?
Among all closers over the past 25 years, the Yankees' Mariano Rivera leads the pack as the most celebrated. Yet, one can make a strong case that he has been underutilized. Arguably, Rivera's most impactful year was 1996, which preceded his use as the 9th inning closer. At that time, John Wetteland filled the Eckersley-esque role. By simple metrics, Wetteland performed very well, leading the league with 43 saves. Rivera's numbers, however, both conventional and more sophisticated ones, bettered Wetteland while Rivera pitched nearly 70 percent more innings.
Glaring holes crop up in the universal adoption of the closer strategy. Foremost, as in Rivera's case, it underutilizes great talent. The rationale might be summarized as "this guy is really effective, so let's pitch him a lot less and only when we are ahead in the 9th inning." Where else would that kind of thinking fly? LeBron James is killing the other team, so let's save him until late in the 4th quarter to help preserve leads? Not only have closers become a universally accepted norm in MLB, but the successful ones command very high salaries. Rivera's salary has rivaled that of the best starting pitchers even though he pitches 3 to 4 times fewer innings. Would a team pay huge bucks for a pinch hitter, even a great one by historical standards? (The fact that by some sabermetric measures, a reliever like Rivera can influence wins by half as much or more than a starting pitcher like Justin Verlander or Roy Halladay only calls into question those metrics. )
No doubt, certain pitchers, even though very effective, may be better suited to shorter relief appearances because of limited variety of pitches, pitching mechanics, or other issues as with Dennis Eckersley. Maybe Mariano Rivera and many other marquee closers fit this bill. Nonetheless, the nearly exclusive use in the 9th with leads defies easy explanation. Why not use the best relief pitcher in the most dangerous, pressure-filled situations? This is how the best relievers prior to the Eckersley era had been employed whether Bruce Sutter, Goose Gossage or others. Predictability of use, and therefore, ease of mental and physical preparation is sometimes offered as a reason, but use in tight games in pressure-filled situations is fairly predictable too.
The highly structured, ahead- in-the-9th inning (once in a while tied) is even harder to understand for teams struggling to win games. Perversely, it limits the best relief pitchers on the staff to situations that arise infrequently, or, else, puts them in "get-some-work-in" situations that matter very little. With the Yankees regular season success over his career, Rivera enjoyed many opportunities that fit the closer structure. However, in playoff series where the Yankees have struggled for leads, Rivera barely appeared. For instance, in the 2011 AL Championship Series, he pitched only one meaningful inning over 6 games (along with 2 others in blowouts just to "get work."). Imagine any other player or any other sport where you pay a health guy $15 million just to sit on the bench in key situations.
The Sports World is Seriously Ill
Last night I saw Costa Rica's Bryan Ruiz pelted with water bottles and who knows what else when attempting to take a corner kick at the Azteca in Mexico City. I thought for a moment that CONCACAF should impose a ban on future games being played there, before wondering what the consequences of such action might be. Taking action could be futile or ill-advised, and might make things worse.
Here's an apparent example of futility. Two years ago the fans of Olympiakos — a perrenial power in Greece and the 2013 UEFA Champions — threw objects at the players of their arch rivals Panathinaikos in the fifth and final game of the Greek Basketball League playoffs. As a conseqeunce, Olympiakos was dealt a penalty, being forced to play six home games "behind closed doors in the following season."
Last night they did it again, throwing flares on the court, and refusing pleas for order. Their team was losing 76-72 with 1:30 to play in game three of the five-game finals and their team down 2-0. Deja vu. The game was abandoned and Panathinaikos was awarded the Greek title (here's an account from ekathimerini.com.) What will it be for Olympiakos next year? A 12 game ban? Will the fans care?
Here's another inexcusable insult, and an example, as in the Azteca last night, of caution and discretion in taking action. Tonight it went public that Howard's Rock, the centerpiece of the gametime ritual of the Clemson Tiger football team, was recently vandalized. That is very sad news (here are pictures of the rock before and after), and as I am a Clemson partisan, it's also infuriating. Perhaps my feeling of fury is why news of the defacing is only surfacing two weeks after the event. Regardless of who did the deed, until proven otherwise most Clemson fans will think that a fan of their arch rivals, the South Carolina Gamecocks, was responsible. And South Carolina's baseball stadium is where the Clemson team was playing in an NCAA regional on June 1, where tempers could have hit the boiling point. Update: this was probably not the reason for the slow release of information. According to this story, Howard's Rock was intact on June 2, and the incident was not reported to police until June 3, after the Tigers had been sent packing from the South Carolina regional by Liberty.
Caution and discretion, and leniency, may have helped bring us to this ugly place, however. And that "caution and discretion" may be the prudent course of action in these cases is worrying indeed.
Just over two years ago, Alabama "fan" Harvey Updyke poisoned the oak trees at Toomer's Corner — the focal point of Auburn football's post-game celebrations. The oaks were cut down six weeks ago. Updyke was released from prison last Friday, perhaps too soon.
The sports world is seriously ill, and I have no idea how to cure it.
MLB's Best and Worst Managers and GMs
Over the past 40 years, who are the best MLB managers and general managers? I recently explored this question in an academic piece published in Managerial and Decision Economics. Of course, one could just take winning percentage or championships won, but where managers have taken over successful teams, continuing that success is not as impressive as turning a team around. In addition, some franchises, such as the Yankees, are located in large metropolitan areas and given league revenue sharing practices, can turn this population base into a big financial advantage. Finally, managerial relationships are hierarchical — the owner answers for everybody, the general managers, typically, makes roster decisions with managers making on-the-field decisions. The methods that I employed took account of all of these issues using data from 1970-2011.
Interestingly, in comparing managers with GMs, the latter didn't matter much prior to the 1990s. Or, at least, very little difference existed between GMs so that one was just as valuable as another. In the 1990s onward in the "Moneyball" era with much more attention paid to predictive characteristics of performance by some GMs rather than simply how players look in their uniform or the most obvious physical attributes, the general manager role exceeded that of managers in terms of explaining winning and losing.
Top 10 Managers:
- Bobby Cox (Toronto, Atlanta)
- Danny Murtaugh (Pittsburgh)
- Walter Alston (Los Angeles)
- Earl Weaver (Baltimore)
- Danny Ozark (Philadelphia, San Francisco)
- Tony LaRussa (Chicago AL, Oakland, St. Louis)
- Davey Johnson (Cincinnati, Baltimore, New York NL, Los Angeles, Nationals)
- Sparky Anderson (Cincinnati, Detroit)
- Joe Torre (Atlanta, New York AL, Los Angeles)
- Jerry Manual (Chicago AL, New York NL)
Honorable Mention: Ron Gardenhire, Dick Williams, Terry Francona, Dusty Baker
With the recent retirement of Tony LaRussa, none of the Top 10 are still active. Among the active managers, Gardenhire, Fancona, and Baker head the list.
Top 10 General Managers
- Brian Cashman (New York AL)
- Bob Howsam (Cincinnati)
- John Schuerholz (Atlanta)
- Theo Epstein (Boston)
- Joe Burke (Kansas City)
- Joe Brown (Pittsburgh)
- Paul Owens (Philadelphia)
- Walt Jocketty (St. Louis)
- Al Campanis (Los Angeles)
- Haywood Sullivan (Boston)
Honorable Mention: Dan Duquette, Ron Schueler, Joe Gariagiola, Pat Gillick
A natural reaction to this list might be "Cashman has all the money to spend — no wonder he's on top. However, his individual contribution and ranking already takes account of the size of the Yankees' market as well as taking over a team already enjoying a degree of success. On the other hand, given that Theo Epstein is still active and his new team, the Cubs, are not faring so well, at least so far, his ranking would likely fall with expanded data.
There are some caveats, naturally: individuals whose careers overlap 1970 do not have their whole performance taken into account. At the time of compiling the data, I didn't have GM data farther back. Even with such data, the comparability of the league over time diminishes.
Here is a link to a draft version of the article on which these results are based.
Correction: A commenter raised a question about Billy Beane, the Oakland GM of Moneyball fame. I rechecked my results. He should have been listed 7th among GMs. An oversight on my part.
Sir Alex & His Peers
Most U.S. sports fans don't know who Sir Alex Ferguson is much less his accomplishments as manager of the most highly valued sports franchise in the world, Manchester United. In his 27 years, the "Red Devils" have won 13 Premier League titles, 2 European Champions League trophies, and assorted English tournaments. He stands along the most successful and recognizable managers such as Vince Lombardi, Don Shula, or Tom Landry (NFL), John Wooden or Mike Krzyzewski (NCAA), Casey Stengel, Joe Torre, or Tony LaRussa (MLB), Red Auerbach (NBA), or Scottie Bowman (NHL). In terms of league titles, Sir Alex exceeds them all. Of course, their degree of revenue-sharing differs widely across leagues so that such comparisons are relatively crude.
What makes these managers successful for so long? The individuals listed above achieved success over decades with different personnel. Even the ones with financial advantages, like Ferguson, far exceeded the success of their closest peers, predecessors, or successors who held similar advantages. One could read the books by these coaches and coauthors, but the success question is much more difficult to answer than many might think. The "how I did it" books resemble the variety of golf swings among great golfers – many unique and noisy elements are folded into the critical and common elements. Furthermore, a new idea, a key player or two, or just lightning in a bottle can make a manager successful for a short time. In my book, From the Ballfield to the Boardroom, I explored these common elements in more detail. What stands out includes
Eye for Talent and Its Application: These managers could spot players with skills useful for their teams. This includes star players along with role players. Imitators of Vince Lombardi under-valued this contributor to his success and over-valued his verbal abuse. The skill goes beyond merely recognizing skill players, however, and involves making the best use of them. Earl Weaver, the longtime Baltimore Orioles manager, liked to say, "I focus on what players can do, rather than criticizing them for what they can't." Of course, part of the job involves seeing where a player has outlived his role. Alex Ferguson cut loose the very popular David Beckham.
Motivators: Among long-lived managers, personalities differ a great deal, often, too much is made and too much imitation of glaring, distasteful aspects. John Wooden, Scottie Bowman, and Sir Alex dealt with players in very different ways. For whatever reason, players responded to their instruction. Wooden liked to say, "it's not what I know, it's what they do." Player-management struggles were not part of the equation. Players got with the program or moved to the bench or off the team. Randy Moss stopped his antics when he signed up with Bill Belichick, and when he started them up again, he found the door quickly.
Inflexibly Flexible: Most of these managers present a paradox. There is no doubt who was in charge. No internal struggles for control, or short-lived ones. They all held firm ideas about what they wanted to do. However, over the course of their careers, they bent with trends. Interestingly, few of them were really noted as innovators. Innovators sometimes make big splashes, but long run success is more than just a good idea or two. On the flip side, they adapted to changes in the game. They didn't hold on to the past. Various ones adopted a slogan such as "when I'm through changing, I'm through." In fact, whenever the adaptation slowed down, the success did also, as one could observe with Bob Knight or Tom Landry.


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Crystallization is more and more a problem as time goes on, especially where pop culture is concerned. It all traces back to the posthumous celebrations of van Gogh and Beethoven, to bourgeois guilt and embarrassed castigation for having ignored the work of a genius. Flagellant, necrophiliac back-patting has been a curse of the "cultured" ever since; as Rene Ricard succinctly put it in a 1981 Artforum essay called The Radiant Child, "No one wants to be part of a generation that ignores another van Gogh."
Record collectors and critics have been reeling off unheralded van Goghs for decades, their fingers coiled around a trigger labeled Shame. Greil Marcus, for example, is a staunch supporter of saxophonist, singer and later Hare Krishna Laura Logic (X-Ray Spex, Essential Logic), and finds ways to insert her name into almost every relevant discussion; leaving home, changing her name and speaking her mind, Laura is for Marcus the definition of the UK punk movement. More famously, take Kurt Cobain, who cowed both of his parent labels into reissuing his favorite bands: Sub Pop compiled the Vaselines' discography (thank you Kurt), and in a bizarre, revealing move, his clueless major DGC bought and reissued the entire Raincoats catalog, which you'll now find in $5 cutout bins for good reason: they simply weren't that good. Excepting a few outstanding cuts-- their clamorous debut "Fairytale in the Supermarket", the funkier post-disco winking of "Animal Rhapsody" and the pining "No One's Little Girl"-- the Raincoats (and Slits) were beloved, trumpeted participants, not serious players. Such is the fate of self-supported, self-contained movements: everyone is someone else's favorite band, and inevitably, the overeager next generation of learners are spoon fed-- to borrow a phrase from Lou Reed-- what's good.
Wales' Young Marble Giants had only been together a few months when the extremely hip, brand new London imprint Rough Trade came calling, having heard them on a 1979 compilation of Cardiff bands called Is the War Over? YMG recorded Colossal Youth over the course of four days soon after, and by 1980 were being backed by more obsessive British music magazines as a detached, cool, quiet, alternative in the wake of passé punk rock and an ascendant, overproduced New Wave. Over the last decade or so, their debut album has been reissued twice, and most recently, leader Stuart Moxham assembled an anthology of demos and outtakes for Salad Days in 2000. Stuart wrote most of the music, along with his brother Phil and their isolate, pre-twee siren Allison Statton; "When we first started playing we felt almost apologetic because we weren't loud and danceable; we were quiet and slow and melodic and all those things you shouldn't be, especially after punk," he told Sounds in 1980.
As it happens, their first two recordings are about their best: "Searching For Mr. Right" is their signature cut, an impossibly hollow, marooned malaise that brings all the intellectual headiness of Prague, Paris and your local café to bear. The ground rules for cutely moping, brainy bedroom pop were written here, and after some minor editorial input from the Marine Girls in the mid-80s-- whose Lazy Ways Stuart Moxham produced-- a multitude of princesses would pine in similar fashion. Most notably Lois Maffeo, whose "Evening in Paris" is the finest YMG tribute to date: it was recorded after K Records brought Moxham to America to lend his vintage ears to hers and Beat Happening's early-90s material, a trip prompted by Rough Trade's 1990 reissue of Colossal Youth. Who knows what Pias America will do for Moxham's career this time around?
What they won't do is include "Cakewalking", for whatever reason. Just four years after the Rough Trade reissue, Les Disques du Crepuscule made the sensible decision to release the band's entire "official" catalog on one disc-- since it fit-- and that 1994 disc is, minus "Cakewalking", what Pias America is putting in wide U.S. circulation. The only question for our frantic collector culture is: is it important-- is Colossal Youth a long-lost artifact of untouched backwoods genius, of poetry, pain and pleasure?
In one way-- and it's possibly the most significant way-- Colossal Youth is a massive statement. It is the sound of Turning Down, and at no time in the history of pop music could turning down have been more deafening. Theoretically and situationally speaking, Young Marble Giants were a remarkable, refreshing contrast and yes, something of a revelation. But 24 tracks of detached, even-keeled moaning is a hefty load to bear, and at times their watercolors bleed to blasé. "Eating Noddemix" is the bone of contention on that score, a dread-filled juxtaposition of middle-class apathy and societal decay that Thom Yorke no doubt spent hours poring over. It's a heavy-handed indictment, and as part of the fatalist post-punk landscape, it's timely in its melodrama. "Credit in the Straight World", on the other hand, plunges off that cliff--"Instant credit in the straight world/ Leaving money when you die/ Lots of credit in the real world/ Gets you high"-- and spoke volumes to Kurt Cobain, who planned to record a version with Nirvana, and may or may not have demoed it before his widow ended up murdering it on Live Through This.
While their sound predicted nearly every monotone female vocalist that followed (and most of the acts on K Records), Young Marble Giants weren't a cutesy, naïf gaggle of gigglers: they were pissed off, isolated, and dubious. They were stuck in the middle of nowhere, and craved recognition, but were overwhelmed by the unexpected attention paid their debut, and often contradicted themselves: "Young Marble Giants is a reaction to everything successful today," Moxham said in Sounds, but minutes later he scuffles his feet: "We never aimed to do this what we're doing just happens to be acceptable at the moment."
Time and distance have stripped such protestations of their proud, earnest anxiety, and, more to the point, any reason to forgive them. Like any young band, Young Marble Giants bought into their modest renown. For example, when Sounds next visited, Allison Statton asked the interviewer rifling through her record collection to mention "Hymns, Disco, The Residents and nursery rhymes that's near enough our ideal music. Extracts from the best of everything we really like." It's not cynical posturing, but it's an awareness that betrays their affected "aw shucks" provincialism, a naivety Rough Trade were eager to promote.
YMG's truly naïve, delicate first tracks-- the lonely nothings you could never badmouth-- were resurrected in 2000 by Vinyl Japan, who released most of their 1979 demo tape (which was limited to 30 numbered copies) and a few straggling leftovers as Salad Days, a collection featuring extensive, sharp liner notes from Stuart Moxham (who also personally mixed the album). To put it simply (and bluntly), Salad Days is naked truth, and Colossal Youth is-- relatively speaking-- naked ambition. Colossal Youth is run through simply, but there's a gravity and presence of mind-- an effort rather than effortlessness-- that, while stately and impressive in places, hilarious and nervous in others, isn't entirely comfortable. Some prefer that colder distance, but having unearthed their true Salad Days, Moxham has shown us an even wittier, more assured and lovable side. There's just no turning back.
Toward the end of this collection, their monastic organ and bass sonnets are invaded by the irritatingly overt electronics that drove Allison Statton from the group. As their sultry café calm was replaced by a fascination with digitized sounds so fatuous they simply have to have been ironic, the band dissolved. 1981's six song Testcard EP was considered "praise for mid-morning television" by Moxham (Statton didn't appear on it), and although it fared well with the already hooked press, few vaunted recordings have aged as poorly.
Reactionary to a fault, Young Marble Giants' initial brilliance was quickly consumed, a process of burning out that's painful to behold during the 9 bonus tracks appended to their more striking and compact debut album. Recorded in four days, Colossal Youth's original 15 tracks are a gorgeous spring rain, and the superfluous bonus and Testcard cuts seriously dull their resonance. Still, that tidy and patient travel companion is here, a unique and alluring diary from the middle of nowhere that's affected nearly everyone who's read it.
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Delialicious Style: Flowy Summer Top
Spring has been cold here in NYC, which has me yearning for the warm summer months. I got excited when the weather warmed up enough over the weekend so I could wear a new top i just bought from Steps New York. The flowy chiffon fabric moves swiftly as I walk, allowing the spring breeze to seep through and cool me down. The most gorgeous part of the top has got to be the back, which features a chain embellishment that accentuates the upper back. The chain can be removed and worn as a necklace, bracelet or headpiece, so it's multifunctional.
The front of the shirt features a collar adorned with crystals that come to life in the sun as it shimmers in the sun. This is the perfect top for Spring and event summer.
I paired the top with jeans and gold BCBG pumps. Full makeup look and details will be up on Instagram, so visit me there!
Delialicious Style: Spring Chic
Last weekend was a beautiful spring day here in NYC, so I decided to pull out one of my favorite tops and paired it with jeans and heels a for a chic, but casual spring day outing. The top features a shimmery gold fabric with a teal stripe pattern, perfect for celebrating the sunshine and warmer weather.
For my makeup I kept it simple wearing Flower Beauty lipstick in Ginger Lilly on the lips. Because I was out in the sun, I chose to wear a bronzer with some spf in it, so I wore Physician's Formula City Glow Daily Defense Bronzer SPF 30. On my eyes, I wore Physican's Formula Custom Eye Enhancing Extreme Shimmer Gel Cream Shadow & Liner Trio since the shimmers in it nicely matched my top.
What's your go-to spring chic look?
Get The Look: Jennifer Hudson's Black Jumpsuit
Jennifer Hudson stunned on the red carpet on March 28th wearing a fabulous black jumpsuit to the 28th annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in Inglewood, California. The all-black fitted number stood on its own with a sexy v-neckline, while the only bright pops of color were seen with the purple lipstick she rocked and the blue strap on the sassy sandals that adorned her feet. Perfect for Spring, here are some black rompers you can wear, inspired by the American Idol starlet.
How to Recreate Hair Trends Seen At NYFW
Experts from Olivia Garden, makers of high quality styling tools, kept a close eye on the hair trends making the way down the runway at New York Fashion Week, and in their expert opinion, the major hair trend for Fall 2015 is effortlessly chic. From slicked back ponies to textured hints of wave, Fall 2015 is all about easy, no fuss styling for a natural, carefree look.
Here, the experts from the company share tips and products to achieve the most sought after looks from the runway.
Natural State as seen at Rachel Comey and Ralph Lauren
To get that slightly disheveled texture with a bit of bend use the Olivia Garden FingerBrush. The fingers of the brush move independently from each other, unlike other brushes, to hug every part of the scalp creating a very natural "lived-in" result. Let hair air dry or blow dry with brush.
City Slicker as seen at Hugo Boss and Erin Fetherston
For a simple, yet sleek, ponytail start by using Olivia Garden Ceramic + Ion Pro Vent Paddle Brush with a blow dryer to dry hair flat to the scalp. Once hair is dry, use the tail of the Olivia Garden Style-Up Combo Folding Teasing Brush to create a part down the middle. Then use its mixed bristle brush to smooth hair down and place in pony at the base of the neck. Secure with hair elastic.
Undone Beauty as seen at BCBG and Michael Kors
Chic and easy with a bit of an edge, creating an undone ponytail or bun is all the rage for Fall 2015. Use the Olivia Garden Style-Up Combo Folding Teasing Brush on dry hair to create volume and pull back into a low pony or bun. Then using the tail end of the brush pull out pieces of hair to frame the face. You can go back and tease the loose pieces or bottom of ponytail for a more textured look.
Easy Elegance as seen at Zac Posen
For a sophisticated style with shine and bounce, start by drying hair with a large paddle brush like the Olivia Garden Ceramic + Ion Pro Vent Paddle Brush. Then use a curling iron on the ends of the hair to create a loose curl. Brush out the curls with the same paddle brush to create soft waves. Lastly, use a 100% boar brush, Olivia Garden Divine Care & Style, to smooth out the crown of the head and fly-aways around the face.
Art Hearts Fashion Closes NYFW With a Bang
Last Thursday, I attended the Art Hearts Fashion show, which closed out Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week with an amazing display of one-of-a-find pieces. Designer Mister Triple X kicked off the show with a sophisticated street wear line for men and women. Bold prints and subdued colors were characteristics of the collection, with the only major burst of color seen with fiery red pants worn by one of the male models.
Walter Mendez's chic and elegant gowns took to the runway next, featuring dresses that were absolutely breathtaking. Soft greys transitioned smoothly to dark blues and bold velvet greens. Reality star and entrepreneur Lilly Ghalichi stunned the audience as she graced the runway, showing off one of the designer's most elegant pieces in the collection.
House of Li Jon was by far my favorite, as the designs featured bold patterns and the brand's signature hand crafted wearable couture armor, which glistened as it hugged the curves of each model's frame.
Hailing from the Netherlands, House of Byfield showcased fitted suiting and men's bags as well as contemporary dresses for women.
Furs were abundant in Hallie Sara's collection off luxury pieces reminiscent of the iconic old-world glamour and timelessness of feminine silhouettes.
Finally, MTCostello's immaculate collection of gowns were absolutely breathtaking. His showcase of designs proved to be a crowd pleaser, opening with a model wearing a reptilian face makeup and a solo male model who walked down the runway wearing nothing more than a golden robe and covering his manhood with his hands.
Check out some of the photos from the fashion show below.
The nail looks created at The Blonds F/W 2015 show were nothing short of extraordinary. CND, the global leader in professional nail care, created 20 unique and theatrical nail designs for the show, which was held at MILK Studios in New York City. As always, CND pushed the boundaries of creativity with powerful visual displays of nail art that enhanced the over-the-top runway fashions. Inspired by dystopian elements of several iconic films, the clothing and nails featured a clash of distressed and refined elements.
"Our ongoing collaboration with The Blonds has become an integral part of CND's fashion culture – it's so exciting to get together each season and brainstorm concepts for our nail artistry," said CND Co-founder and Style Director Jan Arnold. "The Blonds' aesthetic for this collection correlated perfectly with our Fall 2015 trend story, which is all about the contrast between edgy, almost explosive, design elements and high-end finishes for an overall dark elegance."
Artists from the CND Design Lab Team handcrafted the nails and their dramatic embellishments with CND® Liquid & Powder and BRISA® Gel. Then, layers of high-shine color were applied using CND® SHELLAC® brand 14+ day nail color and VINYLUX® Weekly Polish, using innovative techniques to create matte suede texture. Accented with gold chrome accessories, textural elements and layering created serious dimension, while couture camouflage in industrial tones were embellished with hand-crafted molten paillettes. The bold 3D designs, which took a total of over 900 combined hours to create, were pierced, draped, laced, torn and burnt, perfectly accessorizing The Blonds' theatrical collection.
"Once again, Jan and the entire CND team totally blew us away with incredible nail designs to complete the collection. It was amazing to see it all come together on the runway," said designer Phillipe Blond.
Nolcha Fashion Week Runway Recap
Last night's artic temperatures didn't keep away NYC's fashion elites who converged at Manhattan's Chelsea Piers for the 8:30pm Nolcha Fashion Week runway presentation. Prieston, a Hungarian designer, kicked of the show with an amazing collection featuring crystal embellishments, flowing dresses and geometric cutouts. The fall-winter 2015 collection was inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" which could be seen with the feather design elements adorning some of the pieces, as well as with the colorful, chunky sweaters.
Following Prieston, Ann Himsel, an NYC-based designer debuted her first collection completely inspired by menswear colors, style, fabrics, and silhouettes. Strong, structured pieces emerged one by one with a sophisticated feminine flare sneaking through the masculine undertones.
Finally, Danny Nguyen Couture closed out the evening with stunning evening gowns that mesmerized the audience, with soft, luxurious fabrics, lace and detailed craftsmanship seen in the intricate use of fabric floral and crystals. It was also the only collection of the night to insert bright pops of color, with reds and magenta.
Check out some of the photos below to see pieces from each of the designers.
Jewelry Line is "Made by Hand, Crafted by Heart"
Tree Craft Diary is a unique jewelry line that takes the organic elements of nature and combines it with fashion. Launched in 2012 by Cindy Kuo, the collection came about when the designer, who poured her ideas for chic fashion jewelry into a diary, eventually decided to take the bold step of turning the dream creations she wrote about into a reality. The pieces in Tree Craft Diary utilizes earth materials, such as natural gemstones, to create one-of-a-kind statement pieces. Because all of the items are handcrafted they are exclusive and available in limited quantities, so you can be sure that you own something very special. There's something in the collection for everyone, including men, classic glamour girls and those with a boho-chic aesthetic. The company even makes custom jewelry upon request. Click here to learn more about Tree Craft Diary.
New Custom Couture Eyewear Line Dresses Your Face
The prayers have been answered for all sassy fashionistas who are looking to stand out in a crowd and enhance their fabulousness. A new couture frame line #touchedbykymmi is aiming to adorn the faces of fashion-forward individuals with one-of-a-kind specs designed in a variety of colors and embellishments.
The collection was created by Kymmi Tea, who combined her love for designer sunglasses and her need to upgrade what is seen as "normal" to launch #TouchedByKymmi. And, the collection is anything but normal – the web store features ornate specs designed with everything from gems to flowers to chains, and named with unique hashtags such as #BrunchWithOprah and #PinUpVixen. The goal was to develop an accessory that is seen as the "shapewear" for the face, with frames that are just as beautiful as the makeup applied.
Since its launch the frames have proven to be a must-have accessory, as they have been seen on numerous runways and reality TV stars including Stevie J and Joseline Hernandez, as well as talk show host Wendy Williams.
To learn more visit kymmitea.com.
Footwear Company Offers Customized, Hand-Painted Shoes
We've all been there. We spend hours changing our outfit so that we look our very best, walk into an event, and there stands someone one wearing the exact same thing. The great thing about fashion is that it allows you to celebrate your own uniqueness; however, this can get a little difficult sometimes when you have items that hundreds of other people own because of mass reproduction of retailers. This is why I love the idea of B Street Shoes, an artist collective led by Blake Barash featuring one-of-a-kind hand-painted custom shoes.
" I came up with the name B Street Shoes after feeling like the people wearing my custom shoes were connected to me, like we all live in the same neighborhood, even the same street," says Blake on his website. "Whether you live in the UK or USA, if you're wearing B Street Shoes, you're a unique individual expressing your love for custom fashion."
As the demand for custom designs has grown, so has the company which now boasts over 200 unique designs and a full team of professional artists. Consumers can visit bstreetshoes.com and shop a collection of Nikes, Toms and Vans. The company will also customize any type of shoe with the design of your dreams.
B Street Shoes is sold exclusively online with shoes shipping out of Costa Mesa, CA. Prices start at $149. Click here to learn more.


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Kelly Clarkson Duets With Josh Groban on 'All I Ask of You' [LISTEN]
To promote Josh Groban's upcoming album Stages, Kelly Clarkson steps into the role of Christine Daae from Phantom of the Opera to sing "All I Ask of You."
To promote Josh Groban's upcoming album Stages, Kelly Clarkson steps into the role of Christine Daae from Phantom of the Opera to sing "All I Ask of You."
Edwin McCain's I'll Be
Prepare to have your mind blown with this funky mash-up Kendrick Lamar's new track "King Kunta" and the 'Seinfeld' theme song.
Oh, what a story.
Frankie Valli, who came to fame in 1962 as the lead singer of the Four Seasons, is hotter than ever in the 21st century.
Thanks to the volcanic success of the Tony-winning musical Jersey Boys, which chronicles the life and times of Frankie and his legendary group, such classic songs as "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Walk Like a Man," "Rag Doll," and "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" are all the rage all over again.
Singer Carly Rae Jepsen has a new, single out.
The Canadian artist had her first monster hit, "Call Me Maybe," a couple of years ago.
Now, with her sophomore album out, it looks like she might have another hit on her hands.
Here is some Saturday morning fun for you.
Let's relive one of the iconic moments and songs from the movie Grease, but, without the music.
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Sir Elton John has carved out one of the most illustrious music careers of the past half-century.
He is the third most successful artist in the history of the American music charts, behind only Elvis Presley and The Beatles.
His home away from his United Kingdom home is Las Vegas, where he the resident artist at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace from March 18 to April 14. And you can win a trip to see him in concert there through 100.5 The River!
Kelly Clarkson has just unveiled her duet with John Legend -- a stunningly gorgeous cover of Tokio Hotel's "Run Run Run." Listen here.
Rita Coolidge's 'We're All Alone'
Kelly Clarkson is droppin' new songs like there's no tomorrow. Today, she gifted us with a double whammy -- two new tracks from her upcoming album 'Piece by Piece'!
Attention, Kelly Clarkson fans! We know you've had "Heartbeat Song" and "Invincible" on repeat -- and now you can add "Piece By Piece" to the mix!
With the movie "Birdman" taking home four Oscars on Sunday night, I thought we should honor "Birdman," err, the real bird man, Caroll Spinney -- Big Bird.


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At The Champion Group we are proud of the local area and its history. 21 years ago we constructed the plinth for the Blue Coat Boy statue in Church Street.
It was with great pleasure that we returned last week to carry out some much needed maintenance on behalf of the Basingstoke Heritage Society.
The statue bears our company name and is a landmark in the town so we were more than happy to assist in giving the "old boy" the plinth he deserves!
Following on from the success of our development at Vyne Road, Champion Homes are delighted to announce hat we have secured another local development site.
Situated on Roberts Road, Barton Stacey, we have full planning permission for the construction of four 4 bedroom detached homes.
As standard, the properties will be finished with the normal "Champion" stamp and as such we are likely to receive substantial interest prior to marketing.
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2009 Dodge Ram 1500 Question: How do I change the ABS module on my 2009 dodge ram?
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You shouldn't have to program the ABS module (ABM) as it is vehicle specific and comes ready to install. Replacing it isn't as easy as you may think as it is bolted to the ABS pump (HCU), if you can replace it without disturbing the HCU you will be fine but if you have to remove the HCU, you will have to bleed the ABS system which could require the use of a scanner. - Herb Ackside
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03Who Needs Hollywood? These Incredible Videos Were All Filmed on the Simplest Cameras
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06A Journey Into Darkness: We Went Mountain Biking in the Abandoned Mines of Slovenia
07After the Apocalypse: Inside The World's Most Breathtaking Ghost Towns
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Back to Basics: Flow Measurement (Coriolis)
Editor-in-chief Walt Boyes talks about the Coriolis mass flowmeter and how these have changed over time. The earliest flowmeters were volumetric in nature. They measured the volume of the liquid or the gas flowing inside them, but if the temperature, density, or viscosity changed, the flow reading would be less accurate. Watch this video report to learn how Coriolis flowmeters have changed over time.06/21/2011
Back to Basics: Flow Measurement
Editor in chief Walt Boyes talks about flow measurement in the automation field. Watch this video to learn more about turbine flowmeters and electromagnetic flowmeters.04/26/2011
Back to Basics: DP Flow Measurement
Walt Boyes tells it like it is in Flow Measurement: Part One-- Differential Pressure Flow Measurement, another in our Back to Basics series.04/15/2008
Back to Basics: Cybersecurity
Walt Boyes talks about cybersecurity and its relationship to functional security. Today the process automation world is vulnerable to online safety disasters derived from online hacking, sabotage and/or cyberstupidity accidents. Sometimes, these cybersecurity breaches result in human death. Watch this Back to Basics episode and learn how you can defend your security control systems from cybersecurity attacks.12/15/2009
Back to Basics: Calibration
In this edition of Control's Back to Basic video series, executive editor Jim Montague studies calibration of field instruments. Calibration is often misunderstood and sometimes misused. This error can lead to costly lawsuits. Knowing what field instrument calibration is and what the pitfalls are can save you and your plant time and money.10/29/2009
Back to Basics: Basics of Data Acquisition
Data, data, it's all about the data. Nothing makes a control system fail faster than a failure of the data acquisition system. Walt Boyes, Control's editor in chief, takes you back to the basics on data acquisition systems and software.01/20/2009
Avoiding Long Sensor Wires
Learn correlation of sensor wire length with accuracy. Avoiding Long Sensor Wires video is one of six short educational videos entitled "Temperature Insights" from Emerson Process Management. The series provides insight into effectively and efficiently measuring temperature in a manufacturing process.08/12/2014
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Control magazine surveyed its audience to find out how industry professionals obtain basic training. Watch this video report where digital managing editor, Katherine Bonfante, goes over the survey's findings. There's a big gap between what companies are saying and what they are doing to provide training for their employees. Watch this report to learn more.05/25/2010
Asset Reliability:A Behind-The-Scenes Look At Frito-Lay
Featured speaker Ed Michel, Reliability Manager at Frito-Lay, offers a unique look at how Frito-Lay is discovering new ways to improve productivity and sustainability by focusing on asset reliability. Ed explains how efforts have led to reduced downtime and less packaging material scrap.03/22/2011
Asish Ghosh on Process Safety
In This Edition of the Monthly Control/ARC Podcast Series, Walt Boyes and ARC's Asish Ghosh Talk About Process Safety and Why It Seems So Hard to Accomplish, Even After Years of Trying.05/13/2008
Alarm Management Intelligence: Special Report
Alarm management issues have been at the core of many dangerous events and fatal accidents. Control's readers respond with their plans, beliefs and attitudes about the value of alarm management projects and processes.07/08/2009
Advanced Process Control Podcast
In this podcast, Peter Reynolds, senior consultant at ARC Advisory Group, talks with Jim Montague, Control's executive editor, about advanced process control, and how to make it simpler to implement and maintain.11/29/2012
A Willingness to Learn, Podcast
Listen to Jim Montague's March 2008 column, A Willingness to Learn03/08/2008
A New Look at Automation Project Execution
In this on-demand webcast, VP of Content for Control and Control Design Keith Larson explains the strategies and technology that can help you dramatically reduce risk and costs on your next automation project. This interactive webcast allows you to explore the material at your pace.02/11/2015
2012 Process Automation Hall of Fame Podcast
Dick Hill at ARC Advisory Group talks with Jim Montague, Control's executive editor, about the three new inductees in Control's Process automation Hall of Fame for 2012 -- Mark Nixon, Tom Phinney and Vernon Heath -- and some of the issues raised by their experiences and the challenges they see the process control field facing in the future.02/24/2012
2008 Top 50 Automation Vendors
As the economy crashes, process automation is poised to ride it out. Walt Boyes speaks with ARC Research Directors Larry O'Brien and Craig Resnick on the state of the process automation economy, and the Control/ARC Top 50 automation companies.12/16/2008
10 Analytical Process Challenges
Spend 10 minutes with Tom Griffiths, global product marketing manager for analytical sensors and instruments, for answers to questions such as, what are some of the analytical measurement challenges facing process manufacturers today? What developments in analytical measurement are on the horizon? and more.09/01/2010
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