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Originally Posted by Monahammer
I will counter that I did not enter into the post intending to do so, but agree that I am guilty of adding that narrative after having made the assessment myself based on individual yearly stats of goalies. Frankly I was blown away by how many different goalies that Sigalet has had his hands on through the organization, and a bit disturbed about the absolute graveyard the organization has become for goaltender careers.
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On the other hand, correlation does not imply causation. Sure, Sigalet could be a bad coach, but you’d need to provide some insight into what about his coaching is bad. If we don’t identify an underlying behavior/factor, it’s just a meaningless guess.. We could just as easily argue that the flaming C on the jersey affects goaltender performance (a trait those goaltenders have also shared).
Note that folks here regularly provide this kind of factor with the head coach (questionable line juggling, pulling the goalie at inopportune times, etc.). Those are real things the coach does. They may not be the full reason the team loses, but it’s easier to see the argument that it meaningfully contributes, and establishes why someone thinks the coaching is good/bad beyond just stats.