He's also an enormous Liverpool fan. From the BBC:

Is there any way that Regressing could be a little more generous in sharing raw data used for stuff like visualizations? I probably speak for a lot of people when I say that some posts are really interesting and they spur me to want to look in to other angles in the data, but the action potential threshold of…

Leave it to the NHL to screw up something like the Winter Classic by diluting it. Who really wants a Stadium Series? Owners to line their already fat profit margins, but fans don't seem to care all that much. It's like the NHL looked at the Meineke Car Care Bowl Sponsored By DuckCommander.com and said, "What a great…

Yeah, I've never seen someone attempt to explain away confirmation bias by citing public opinion polls. If this argument were Excel, it would return a Circular Reference error.

These almost always suck. This did not suck. Awesome stuff.

The argument against him hinges on the fact that his team didn't make the playoffs. His best games came against shit teams and he was mediocre against good ones. Ergo, 0 MVP votes.

Yes. Maybe rename them Offensive and Defensive MVPs.

Ten of his sacks came in the four games he played against Jacksonville and Tennessee. A guy who averages under a sack per game when not facing Blake Bortles or Zach Mettenberger while not leading his team to the playoffs does not belong in the MVP conversation.

Totally agree. There are so many smart, talented potential GMs out there (just look what Columbus found) that it's inexcusable for NJ to stick with Lou. It's reaching Kevin Lowe levels right now, and it's sad because that team really had a chance at becoming a perennial contender.

You study. You talk to coaches. You learn. You watch film. You see how guys prepare. Happens all the time.

Sure, but he was also fined for being late for his treatment.

The only way this could be more batshit insane is if they were signed as player-coaches.

Ah my mistake. I missed the "nearly." My bad.

I think you're confusing two transactions. He fired MacLean on December 23rd and replaced him with Jacques Lemaire. They had a good finish but missed the playoffs. The next year, he brought in Deboer and they made it to the Cup Finals.

I'm not sure you want Marty anywhere near an NHL front office, not til he's cut his teeth in juniors at least. And yeah, Lou is killing that club slowly but nothing will come of it. The owners don't care enough to remove him because he's such an enormous part of the team's DNA. He's even been known to monitor the…

Lou fired another coach two days before Christmas a few years ago. What must it be like to carry on your consciousness throughout Christmas that you're going to fire your coach the next day? Seems like an awful lot of stress.

Of course a Stoner was involved.

Tanks, brah!

Hawai`i '78 is such an incredible song. And that voice - the man was a treasure. My wife still gets teary every time she hears White Sandy Beach.

I have had this particular lager but Jack Abby makes some fantastic lagers. That they've had such success with lagers in Boston Beer Co.'s backyard should be a testament to their quality. Harpoon still brews a solid chunk of the IPAs served in Boston (deservedly so, it's a near-perfect 365 day IPA) but on the lager…