[Spiny_Norman]

From a statistical perspective, you cannot argue that a 22-29 (which is what we have) is all that different from a coin flip.  Yeah, we've lost more close games than would be expected, but if you flipped a coin 51 times, you'd wind up with 22 or fewer heads about 20% of the time (per the binomial distribution).  It is hard to argue that this reflects a systematic problem with Dawkins.  I'm not defending him; I think his overall performance over a large enough sample size has been deficient enough to warrant a new coach, but I wouldn't use the "close game metric" as an indictment of his coaching.

BC

Perhaps this is a pet peeve of mine.  It annoys me no end when I see failed late game execution that squanders a chance to win a game.  But even if Dawkins record is within the acceptable range for average performance, I still expect better.  I expect better than average.

[Spiny_Norman]

From a statistical perspective, you cannot argue that a 22-29 (which is what we have) is all that different from a coin flip.  Yeah, we've lost more close games than would be expected, but if you flipped a coin 51 times, you'd wind up with 22 or fewer heads about 20% of the time (per the binomial distribution).  It is hard to argue that this reflects a systematic problem with Dawkins.  I'm not defending him; I think his overall performance over a large enough sample size has been deficient enough to warrant a new coach, but I wouldn't use the "close game metric" as an indictment of his coaching.

BC

Perhaps this is a pet peeve of mine.  It annoys me no end when I see failed late game execution that squanders a chance to win a game.  But even if Dawkins record is within the acceptable range for average performance, I still expect better.  I expect better than average.