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Should Cronin be fired? Yay or Nay?
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To answer the overarching question, yes, if for the simple reason that although this team admittedly has been better in transition over the past month or so, despite employing 2 or 3 different systems at this point, through 125 games, this team has no concept of how to work the puck into the middle of the ice in the offensive zone (short of Terry trying to dangle through 3 guys trying to get it there); if the perimeter is Pride Rock, the slot may as well be the Elephant Graveyard. The basic premise of what we do is try to win puck battles (apparently not enough because all of our best players are not fit to retrieve pucks or are not physically developed enough to outmuscle the opposition over a full 60 minutes), send the puck around the perimeter from one point to the other point, and blast away hoping for a tip or the occasional rebound if anyone even works their way to the front of the goal. Net result: we're usually one-and-done in the offensive zone and what we run is completely antithetical to Cronin's entire ethos as a head coach.
There's nothing even remotely close to some of the basic principles I see watching any other team play: no weave concepts up high, no subtle picks to create space, very little interchanging up high between forwards and defensemen to cause confusion (our guys essentially function as a 4th-man rover with no forward committing to cover the point; and this goes double for the PP). We may not have the horses that the other teams have, but it is inexcusable with the pedigree we've got up front to generate as little offense as we do night in and night out.
There's nothing even remotely close to some of the basic principles I see watching any other team play: no weave concepts up high, no subtle picks to create space, very little interchanging up high between forwards and defensemen to cause confusion (our guys essentially function as a 4th-man rover with no forward committing to cover the point; and this goes double for the PP). We may not have the horses that the other teams have, but it is inexcusable with the pedigree we've got up front to generate as little offense as we do night in and night out.
I’m just tired of watching this system. The defense is better but still bleeds chances against. On offense once we pass the blue line it looks like a team that’s never played together once. While the team has technically improved, I just don’t think it’s enough to warrant keeping Cronin around during these critical years where we either leave the rebuild, or we continuously rebuild like Buffalo.
The stats are clear:
GF - 32nd overall
GA - 13th overall
PP - 31st overall
PK - 28th overall
SA - 2nd overall
Shots - 21st overall
Offensively, they don't shoot enough and their power play is awful so they don't score enough goals. Defensively, 5v5 has given up less goals this season. However, they are hemorrhaging shots, awful on PK, and being buoyed by solid goaltending. It's a recipe for failure.
The improvement this season seems almost exclusively on the shoulders of a refocused Terry, matured LaCombe, additions of Dumoulin & Trouba, and incredible goaltending. They have slightly improved in one are in spite of Cronin. There is no way to justify how they are playing. The coach has not created a structure that is effective after 3 tries in 1.5 years. It's time, fire Cronin.
Edit: added Dumoulin and Trouba
GF - 32nd overall
GA - 13th overall
PP - 31st overall
PK - 28th overall
SA - 2nd overall
Shots - 21st overall
Offensively, they don't shoot enough and their power play is awful so they don't score enough goals. Defensively, 5v5 has given up less goals this season. However, they are hemorrhaging shots, awful on PK, and being buoyed by solid goaltending. It's a recipe for failure.
The improvement this season seems almost exclusively on the shoulders of a refocused Terry, matured LaCombe, additions of Dumoulin & Trouba, and incredible goaltending. They have slightly improved in one are in spite of Cronin. There is no way to justify how they are playing. The coach has not created a structure that is effective after 3 tries in 1.5 years. It's time, fire Cronin.
Edit: added Dumoulin and Trouba
