The right handed shot makes a huge difference because the opposing team knows that a one-timer is NOT coming. The right point defender has no fear of having to stay in great position or go down to block a shot when the threat is not even there. In a game of inches, this is a huge advantage.

I agree with AronV, plant Rupp in front of the net. Yeo needs to go! If we were middle of the pack on the PP and Sid and Geno got their “normal” share of points, Sid would be leading the league in scoring and Geno would be close to top 10. Come the playoffs, these stats = early summer.

Well, if you read the article, it doesn’t have anything to do with his offensive-biased philosophy but that the power play is awful (yeah, Yeo and all, but ultimately it’s Bylsma’s responsibility) and he gives 12 minutes of ice time per night to guys like Craig Adams and only 13 minutes a night to guys like TK.

This is not to say I agree that these things make him the worst coach, but I have to admit Timo made salient points.

Wow, okay. You and I will have to agree to disagree on that one. Stats can be manipulated to show what you want, so long as you assume your audience has no ability to pick holes in your arguments. Ken Funck said it better than I could, although this was related to football, not hockey:

While I was writing yesterday, the Packers-Steelers game happened to be on in the background, and I was doing a good job of ignoring it until the following Joe Buck gem bled through: "We’re now going to show you a few stats which are good examples of why statistics can be so misleading, and why we don’t tend to put a lot of stock in them around here." Or something very similar to that—my personal Tim McCarver filter generally extends to anyone who’s spent a lot of time sitting in close proximity to him, so Buck’s voice always sounds to me like it’s coming through ten feet of foam insulation, even when he’s covering football. Anyway, Buck went on to say something about how the Steelers are going to have a 4,000 yard quarterback, a 1,000 yard running back and two 1,000 yard receivers, yet were still under .500 going into yesterday’s game. That was his evidence as to how statistics are misleading and not of much value.
 
Wow. I mean, wow. Now, I haven’t followed the Steelers, or the NFL itself in fact, very closely this fall, but as soon as Buck had said his piece, I felt certain that the Steelers probably had either a bad defense (unlikely), had struggled in the red zone (untrue) or had a negative turnover ratio (bingo!). Turnover ratio is a statistic, isn’t it? So couldn’t statistics be successfully used to explain why the Steelers have struggled? "Statistics" themselves aren’t misleading—but certainly those who have no clue how to use them are. Calling statistics misleading and useless when you haven’t taken the time to actually use them to assemble a complete picture is like deriding a bow as a useless tool when you haven’t bothered to actually procure an arrow, knock it and fire it.

My personal thought is that I’m surprised by his choice. Although I fully agree with the points he raises, I’m in agreement with you that I don’t really see how those things make Disco Dan the worst coach in the NHL.

And for the record, I’m positive that Seppa wouldn’t ignore the aggressive philosophy installed by Bylsma when deciding upon reasons for the turnaround last year.

Uh, should I remind you that Mike Therien took the team to the SCF the previous season and we were all singing his praises, lauding the contract extension as a great idea?