Coach Brian Billick, whose Baltimore Ravens won the Superbowl in 2001, says that his ‘willingness to embrace technology in a focused way’ is as important to his success as anything else that he has done.
“Behind his desk at the Ravens’ home base, he is just another tech-savvy executive: two computers and a television at hand, complex Excel spreadsheets, FreeHand renderings and PowerPoint presentations at the ready. Instead of financial projections, he crunches his opponent’s play-calling tendencies. Instead of selling products to clients, he works up colorful presentations to sell his game plans to players.”
Read this N.Y. Times article for more insight into how technology is used in the game of football.
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