Granat quoted on NFL tragedy

Dr. Jay Granat, founder of StayInTheZone.com, has been quoted in various media sources on the NFL tragedy involving Kansas City Chief linebacker, Jovan Belcher.  Here's a quote from USA Today.  

How the Chiefs cope long term will have a lot to do with the quality and continuity of grief counseling they get from management, Ph. D. psychotherapist Jay Granat told USA TODAY Sports. The team has announced counselors will be made available.

"A lot of the player healing has to do with how Chiefs management handles the tone and the stuff they do around this -- because when there's a workplace tragedy like this, how management responds, is huge,'' said Granat, 60, a New Jersey clinical psychotherapist for more than 25 years.

Belcher and his girlfriend, identified by police as Kasandra Perkins, 22, leave behind an infant daughter.

"If I ran the team, I would say, 'Let's set up a fund for that child,' " Granat said. "I'd do that pretty promptly, so that the players know they're going to take care of her, that 'She's part of our family.' " 

Read more here:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2012/12/02/kansas-city-chiefs-jovan-belcher-murder-suicide-counseling/1740637/ 

Quant Facts now 29-19 (12/6/12)

With the SF Giants' victory in the World Series, that brings our Quant Fact predictions to 29-19.  Our quant fact predictions are based on a quantitative analysis of factors related to sports psychology.  Our results show the power of these tools, especially considering that our predictions are not generally related to which team is the favorite or underdog.

Stay tuned for our analysis for the upcoming BCS College Football Championship.

Happy holidays!

2012 World Series: Leadership and Consistency

Here's an excerpt from our analysis of the 2012 World Series.

Pitching Leadership

Leadership on the playing field has proven to be statistically significant in its relationship to winning the big game across all sports we have studied. In baseball, top starting pitchers are a key leadership factor - and are a good indicator of success during baseball's short playoff series. The finalist with the better top of the rotation, measured by total wins by its top two pitchers, has won 67 percent of the World Series over the past 22 World Series (over 23 years because there was no postseason in 1994). This factor goes to the Detroit Tigers, whose top two starting pitchers, Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer, edge San Francisco's top starters, Matt Cain and Madison Bumgarner (33 combined wins to 32).

In total, our analysis points to the Detroit Tigers.  

Read more here:

http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/677712-carlton-chin/1209051-the-2012-world-series-analysis-of-sports-psychology-factors