You brought up the bottom 6, so I acknowledged it, and even gave you credit on it. Yet now you are giving me shit about that, and have roughly wrote 8+ paragraphs and shared 3 charts and not answered my original question. I’m free to expand on your bs even if you still haven’t answered the original question you’ve been deflecting since May."Improving defense doesn't result in wins if you don't have the forward talent to outscore your still shit defense?"
Do you truly understand the words coming out of your mouth?
Ducks Season Game set Games W L OTL Pts Pts Pct GF GA GD 2022-23 season 82 23 47 12 58 35.4% 206 335 -1292023-24 season 82 27 50 5 59 36.0% 203 293 -90Difference Cronin - Eakins 4 3 -7 1 0.0061 0 -3 -42 39
Maybe you should look at the chart again. Similarly produced mediocre offense, but significantly worse defensive output under Eakins. Now, look at the team Points production. Cronin produced only 1 extra point. You truly cannot have it both ways here of waxing Cronin's balls at the same time not recognizing what Eakins did.
That second table is about 1-goal games, not just OT games. But I do find your stance comical as you praise Cronin for earning an extra win in 1-goal game situations while simultaneously disparaging Eakins' team ability to push games into OT to generate more points. In 1-goal game situations, Eakins' team were able to not only be in more 1-goal game situations (+3 more games), but also generate 9 more points than Cronin's team. There exists a disconnect in your logical consistency again, especially when the defensive roster given to Eakins was a Verbeek shit sandwich.
Although for all the bitching and moaning about missing some of the top-6 from you, you jumped onto the "improving the bottom-6" quickly. I shared charts that the top-6F under Cronin did better than the top-6F under Eakins and you're dismissive. I shared the 1-goal game charts that show Cronin doesn't know how to generate more points in 1-goal game situations and you use mental gymnastics to be dismissive of that outcome. But when I support my stats with Verbeek citing the bottom-6 needs to produce more, you're like Pavlov's dog to wave that banner without thought.
I know Cronin isn't going anywhere, but I want to at least know his flaws so that I know if he has improved for the next season. I am not sure you have actually cited these Cronin "major flaws" that you speak of. Eakins isn't returning, but I at least I know Eakins did more with lesser talents. I wasn't expecting that at the start of last season, but that's how it all shook down. Hell, I wasn't expecting Eakins to be the head coach for 2022-23.
On a tangent, guess the thought that the Samueli's don't like paying twice for coaching, e.g. Eakins wasn't fired, his contract wasn't renewed; asst coach Brown wasn't fired, his contract wasn't renewed.
You haven’t shared where the top 6 did better under Cronin, you just added 2 players to it to fit a narrative as if it’s some “aha, gotcha” moment.
One last time. With our top 6 healthy, what was Cronins record?