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Post by brophy on Jun 26, 2009 7:03:26 GMT -6
Teams that use water as their sideline refreshment have the best winning percentage over the past three years. Those teams consist of the New England Patriots, the Indianapolis Colts, and the New York Giants. Lemon-lime is drunk by the Arizona Cardinals, the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Tennessee Titans, the Washington Redskins, the New Orleans Saints, the Houston Texans, the San Diego Chargers, the Denver Broncos, and the Miami Dolphins. The team that drinks Vitamin Water is the Detroit Lions. source: bleacherreport.com/articles/206074-the-effects-of-gatorade-on-win-loss-record
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Post by dubber on Jun 26, 2009 8:09:02 GMT -6
Teams that use water as their sideline refreshment have the best winning percentage over the past three years. Those teams consist of the New England Patriots, the Indianapolis Colts, and the New York Giants. Lemon-lime is drunk by the Arizona Cardinals, the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Tennessee Titans, the Washington Redskins, the New Orleans Saints, the Houston Texans, the San Diego Chargers, the Denver Broncos, and the Miami Dolphins. The team that drinks Vitamin Water is the Detroit Lions. source: bleacherreport.com/articles/206074-the-effects-of-gatorade-on-win-loss-recordOle Sam Clemons would be proud. One of my biggest pet peeves is when someone asserts a corollary relationship as a causal relationship, and PEOPLE BUY IT!
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Post by dubber on Jun 26, 2009 8:15:55 GMT -6
There is a clear and obvious relationship between Gatorade flavor and win percentage; the only team that looks to be in the wrong group is the Pittsburgh Steelers. In fact, without the Steelers, the Lemon-Lime win percentage drops from .505 to .412.
Of course, let's think about the numbers without the anomolies that go against our theory.
We can look at this from more of a mathematical standpoint: the correlation of any team's win percentage with the combined W% of all the teams in their flavor group (excluding themselves) was .85, which suggests that the two variables—win percentage and Gatorade flavor—are highly correlated.
Perhaps over the 'comprehensive' 3 year study, the main factor is not the gatorade increasing winning %........but the fact good teams have to drink something?
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Post by airraider on Jun 26, 2009 8:42:28 GMT -6
We fill our buckets up with Pepsi..
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Post by bobgoodman on Jun 26, 2009 8:57:56 GMT -6
Teams that use water as their sideline refreshment have the best winning percentage over the past three years. Those teams consist of the New England Patriots, the Indianapolis Colts, and the New York Giants. Lemon-lime is drunk by the Arizona Cardinals, the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Tennessee Titans, the Washington Redskins, the New Orleans Saints, the Houston Texans, the San Diego Chargers, the Denver Broncos, and the Miami Dolphins. The team that drinks Vitamin Water is the Detroit Lions. source: bleacherreport.com/articles/206074-the-effects-of-gatorade-on-win-loss-recordWithout looking at the article, I'm guessing the choice has to do mostly with the taste of the local water.
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Post by dubber on Jun 26, 2009 9:07:25 GMT -6
We fill our buckets up with Pepsi.. With a little SoCo?
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Post by airraider on Jun 26, 2009 11:12:14 GMT -6
We fill our buckets up with Pepsi.. With a little SoCo? We reserve the soco for the Dr. P.. ;D
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Post by coachweav88 on Jun 26, 2009 11:54:16 GMT -6
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Post by threeback on Jun 26, 2009 12:06:35 GMT -6
Greatest movie ever...period. Can't figure out why Sandler didn't win anything for his performance in that one. That clip brings back memories of one of our LB's- spitting image of Sandler in that movie-minus the unibar helmet of course.
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Post by coachbdud on Jun 26, 2009 16:07:30 GMT -6
of course the lemon lime team sucks... have you tasted it? its gross. The only gatorade i drink is grape. Our HC makes the best gatorade in the world, it tastes damn near like koolaid
The HC 5 years ago would always make wateraid. it sucked
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Post by headtrip on Jun 26, 2009 17:57:03 GMT -6
of course the lemon lime team sucks... have you tasted it? its gross. The only gatorade i drink is grape. Our HC makes the best gatorade in the world, it tastes {censored} near like koolaid The HC 5 years ago would always make wateraid. it sucked in hs one of the trainers mixed up waterade. he said full strength gatorade contained too much sugar so he wouldn't make it full strength. got used to it after a while and it wasn't too bad.
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Post by knight9299 on Jun 26, 2009 18:11:03 GMT -6
I coached for a school in '03 where the trainer was convinced Gatorade CAUSED cramps and dehydration. For the rest of the year as a staff we referred to Gatorade as Cramp in a Bottle or just simply Cramp.
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Post by coachbdud on Jun 26, 2009 18:26:28 GMT -6
I coached for a school in '03 where the trainer was convinced Gatorade CAUSED cramps and dehydration. For the rest of the year as a staff we referred to Gatorade as Cramp in a Bottle or just simply Cramp. Actually i met a firefighter a year ago who used to work as a firefighter in a national park. He told me in training they tell you to cut the gatorade you drink in half with water because regular gatorade has so much sugar in it that it dehydrated you and caused cramps He said that they always diluted their with water but 1 year a rookie who didnt listen, and drank it regular. Well he cramped up so bad they had to save his @ss in the middle of a fire...
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Post by outlawjoseywales on Jun 27, 2009 8:16:49 GMT -6
We also had a firefighter on staff and he said the same thing about 1/2 and 1/2, but he said because of the salt would elevate your blood pressure. We could talk all day about the different studies on salt for sure. I guess all these guys go to the same "school."
I use gatorade as a medication. It is NOT Koolaid, and we do not allow a coach to put his own formulation of "waterade" to it. Had a guy who said, "just make it have the color." I jumped on him and asked him why he was saying that. He didn't know why, it was just something he thought was a good idea. I told him that was NOT going to happen and don't do it again.
I know this is anecdotal evidence, however I have eliminated my leg cramps totally by drinking gatorade. I have to use the low cal version. Who knows why, it just works for me.
We do not want to kids drinking those stupid energy caffeine things. Had a kid last year cramp for the first time in his life when he drank a '5 hour energy' drink. They say it isn't caffeine, whatever. Cured him, because of his testimony I had no more trouble with kids drinking that crap.
But I like them to drink a Gatorade product which we supply.
I know some guys use pickle juice, but I haven't used that before.
OJW
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Post by coachweav88 on Jun 27, 2009 8:25:41 GMT -6
I know some guys use pickle juice, but I haven't used that before. The last school I was at did this. Worked pretty well for us. Rarely had anybody cramp up.
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Post by broncoe40 on Jun 27, 2009 9:16:15 GMT -6
This is something new at the Denver Glaizer clinic that claims to replenish various nutrients, energy, etc... in a quick amout of time. I tried the energy strip and didn't really feel much but then again I was on my 2nd cup of Starbucks ;D enlyten.com/
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Post by knight9299 on Jun 27, 2009 9:38:19 GMT -6
I know some guys use pickle juice, but I haven't used that before. The last school I was at did this. Worked pretty well for us. Rarely had anybody cramp up. I have great faith in the power of pickle juice.
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Post by lgoody on Jun 27, 2009 22:53:13 GMT -6
Pedialyte, pickle juice, and Vinegar. Any of those three do wonders for preventing cramps.
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Post by mariner42 on Jun 28, 2009 0:05:58 GMT -6
I used to roll w/ the shots of vinegar... Awful thing to do to yourself, but I didn't cramp once that season. Didn't have problems with cramps during games before that, but I had previously gotten them after games, I guess I just wasn't re-hydrating myself the amount I needed to because I was so beat. But, my senior year armed with vinegar shots, zero problems.
But seriously, the taste is awful.
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Post by outlawjoseywales on Jun 28, 2009 11:57:46 GMT -6
I know guys who take "shots" of other things besides vinegar. They also say it's "medicinal." OJW
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Post by coachorr on Jun 28, 2009 18:31:05 GMT -6
Ever drink gatorade while doing some vigorous activity? You get that nasty phlem ball in the back of your throat that won't go away.
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Post by coachbdud on Jun 28, 2009 19:57:38 GMT -6
Ever drink gatorade while doing some vigorous activity? You get that nasty phlem ball in the back of your throat that won't go away. when i played in HS i would drink gatorade at water breaks but would always drink water and rinse with water afterwards. If i ever went back to practice and the last thing i had was gatorade i felt like my mouth dried up on me. Even now, ill have a few sips of gatorade at practice but i always finish with water. Otherwise my throat and mouth gets so dry i can hardly yell at the kids
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Post by coachorr on Jun 28, 2009 20:54:48 GMT -6
Ever drink gatorade while doing some vigorous activity? You get that nasty phlem ball in the back of your throat that won't go away. Otherwise my throat and mouth gets so dry i can hardly yell at the kids That's classic.
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Post by wingt74 on Jun 29, 2009 14:13:28 GMT -6
Ever drink gatorade while doing some vigorous activity? You get that nasty phlem ball in the back of your throat that won't go away. YES! Absolutely...as a player years ago, I fell victim to the gatorade hype. Now-a-days, I just try to keep my kids off of red bull and soda when they're not practicing. I could care less if they drink gatorade or water during practice.
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Post by bmarsh07 on Jul 1, 2009 17:26:27 GMT -6
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Post by groundchuck on Jul 2, 2009 8:54:01 GMT -6
OK. So in a nutshell:
Water is still the best thing we can drink during a game or practice right?
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Post by brophy on Jul 2, 2009 9:27:46 GMT -6
actually, in a nutshell, I was just pointing out how you can use statistics to prove any arbitrary causation.
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Post by groundchuck on Jul 2, 2009 10:17:19 GMT -6
actually, in a nutshell, I was just pointing out how you can use statistics to prove any arbitrary causation. Yes you can.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2009 13:01:57 GMT -6
actually, in a nutshell, I was just pointing out how you can use statistics to prove any arbitrary causation. i think that the statistics are even made up in this article..think its just satire about how people will point to anything as causes for win/loss besides the actual football
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Post by 44dlcoach on Jul 2, 2009 13:22:28 GMT -6
72% of all statistics are made up anyway.
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