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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I always read Bingo's supposed dismissals as borne of frustration with people who were failing to grasp the intent in his discussions about the coach. (To be clear: I am not talking about everyone.) To me, his presentations were always working to cut through the numbers as a means to find reasons for why the record was not aligned to the analytical picture. Despite this he has had to constantly weather responses which disparage the "deep dive," while offering few good alternative explanations that ventured much beyond "corsi sucks."
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Honestly, the arguments made - by a few - appeared to be attempting to find numbers to argue Gultuzan was a good coach despite the lack of results. It was less analysis and more rationalization. This is a problem I have with a number of advanced stat guys. They try to fit the data to their conclusion rather than the other way around.
And that is why the "deep dive" has been so disparaged. Trying to argue Gulutzan was a good coach despite the team's awful record and plodding, slow, boring style; despite his clear inability to respond to anything happening on the ice; despite his unwillingness to do anything to change up what wasn't working; and despite his love affair with crappy players was never going to sell.
If there was frustration, it was because nobody was buying what was easily disproven by what we saw on the ice night in and night out.