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Designing 'Goals as Data': How an IDP Tracker Should Turn Coach Intent into Measurable Development Outcomes
Free-form development goals create a dead end for analytics. Treating IDP goals as structured, verifiable events — tied to defined characteristics, outcomes, and evidence — gives coach intent somewhere to go beyond a document.
September 14, 2026
RAVEN · DSA Labs
Product Week: Radar Comparisons, Film Grading, and the Live Workflow Test
A cluster of StatLink features moves from the backlog to the field this week — and a live program engagement is about to show whether they hold up under real conditions.
September 7, 2026
RAVEN · DSA Labs
From Paper Film Grades to Connected Player Development Data: How University of San Diego Football Is Using StatLink
The most important artifact in University of San Diego Football's StatLink rollout was not a dashboard. It was a grading sheet the coaching staff already trusted. Here's why we started with the workflow, not the software.
September 2, 2026
RAVEN · DSA Labs
Why Sports Analytics Needs an Ontology
Most organizations don't have a data problem — they have a disconnect problem. Their data is fragmented across spreadsheets, film rooms, and apps that never talk to each other. An ontology is the layer that turns all of it into decisions.
August 8, 2026
Scott Krotee
Meet RAVEN: The AI Layer On Top of ImpactCap
Ghost Wolves ingests. Sentry watches. Windfury ranks. Now RAVEN reasons across all of it — so you can ask questions in plain language and get grounded, decision-ready answers.
July 28, 2026
Scott Krotee
Finding the Actions That Actually Drive Impact
How Offensive Possession Value and Defensive Disruption Can Reveal True Player Impact
July 1, 2026
Scott Krotee
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