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Originally Posted by neo45
The answer to this is very simple, fans understand player usage at this point and don’t just look at point totals
So Backlund and Coleman are playing harder minutes against better competition and getting better results 5 on 5. Fans care about team results over individual point performances and it’s obvious that those two are doing more to contribute to the teams success regardless of their stat lines |
I'm not in the weeds enought to know, but is the Y axis on that graphic actually statistically significant?
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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
I don’t have hatred for the player. What I don’t understand are the lengths that people have gone to defend him.
Not saying he’s not trying. Not saying it’s his fault.
What he can’t be is a relied upon secondary scoring option and meaningful contributor at this point. I don’t take issue with the player when he’s deployed in the manner he has been. It’s all you can do at this point. But the expectation that he’s going to bounce back? It’s foolhardy IMO.
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It's a simple hyperbole cycle...people make silly/extreme statements and other respond that it's not
that bad.