Okay, so I wanted to get a handle on the Louisville Cardinals football team’s setup for this season. You know, figure out who’s playing where, who’s backing up who, that kind of thing. So I decided to create a depth chart.
First, I had to get a list of players. I scoured the internet for a bit.
After I find them. I gotta figure out what positions everyone plays. This took a bit more digging, watching some old game highlights, and reading player profiles. Lots of back and forth, you know?
Then came the real work. I started putting the players into a chart. First string, second string, third string. It sounds simple, but it really makes you think about the team’s strengths and weaknesses. For example:
- Who’s going to step up at quarterback if the starter goes down?
- Do we have enough experienced linebackers?
- Are the wide receivers deep, are we relying on a couple of stars?
I kept tinkering with it, moving guys around based on what I had observed and read. It wasn’t an exact science, more like an educated guess based on everything I could gather. It is a real view of the game.
My Process Summary
So basically, the whole thing involved:
- Finding multiple sources of information.
- Reading and watching a bunch of stuff, player stats,news.
- Putting together the initial depth chart in a simple text document.
- Refining,reviewing and moving players around as I learned more.
It’s not perfect, of course, but it gave me a much better sense of the team. I feel, it’s a really useful tool before games start.
