After 11 games, and with 3 to go, it seemed like a good time to take a look at this year’s coaching stats. For those who are newly returned to the league (or just don’t remember the metrics), here’s a rundown of my math…
Think Golf – the lower the score the better. For coaching errors – guys left on bench who outscored the starter at their position – anything 49 points or lower is considered negligible, and doesn’t hurt your rank here. Points are awarded as such…
- 0-49 = 0
- 50-99 = 1
- 100-100 = 2
- 200-299 = 3
- 300+ = 4
- Coaching Loss = 13
A coaching loss is awarded when just one of your errors costs you a game. So if you made 5 errors in a game, and would have needed all of them to hit, then you’re not penalized for that. But if you made 5 errors, and just one of them, in particular, could have swung the game, there is a 13 point penalty.
Let’s start by looking back at the history of the award;
2019
| RANK | COACH | TOTAL POINTS | TOTAL MISTAKES | COACH LOSS |
| 1 | Kronner | 14 | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Jones | 23 | 12 | 0 |
| 3 | Tim | 25 | 15 | 0 |
| 4 | Kaiser | 26 | 14 | 0 |
| 4 | Chris | 26 | 8 | 1 |
| 6 | Trigger | 29 | 8 | 1 |
| 7 | Jason | 30 | 18 | 0 |
| 8 | Kyle | 35 | 13 | 1 |
| 9 | Matt | 40 | 17 | 1 |
| 10 | John | 49 | 17 | 2 |
| 11 | Steve | 50 | 16 | 2 |
| 12 | Dave | 51 | 15 | 2 |
The first year of the award saw three different coaches each end up with two Coaching Losses, which is especially gut-wrenching.
2020
| RANK | COACH | POINTS | TOTAL MISTAKES | COACH LOSS |
| 1 | Matt | 17 | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | Kronner | 23 | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | Chris | 23 | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | Kaiser | 23 | 15 | 0 |
| 5 | Dave | 27 | 16 | 0 |
| 6 | Jones | 28 | 17 | 0 |
| 7 | Kyle | 31 | 10 | 1 |
| 8 | Jason | 33 | 20 | 0 |
| 9 | Trigger | 35 | 22 | 0 |
| 10 | John | 37 | 16 | 1 |
| 11 | Steve | 44 | 18 | 1 |
| 12 | Tim | 49 | 21 | 1 |
In 2020 Matt took the award, with Kronner, Mark, and Chris ending in a 3-way tie for 2nd. And Kyle, who had the 2nd fewest total number of errors, finished 7th because of a coaching loss.
2021 – Through Week 11
| RANK | COACH | COACH LOSS | 50-99 | 100-199 | 200-299 | 300+ | TOTAL MISTAKES | POINTS |
| 1 | Trigger | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 14 |
| 2 | Kronner | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 19 |
| 2 | Josh | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 19 |
| 4 | Steve | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 22 |
| 5 | Kaiser | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 23 |
| 6 | Matt | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 29 |
| 7 | Tim | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 30 |
| 8 | Kyle | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 34 |
| 9 | Dave | 0 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 35 |
| 10 | Ryan | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 36 |
| 11 | Chris | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 40 |
| 12 | Jones | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 42 |
With three games left in the regular season, Trigger is in a commanding lead, with Kronner and Josh tied for 2nd. We see Jones especially hurt by 100+ errors, while Kyle and Dave have the most 200+ errors. One surprise this year is how many really close games we’ve had, where the losing team had no errors on the bench that could have saved them.
One of the weaknesses of this system is shown here with the Dutchmen, who are aided by the fact that most weeks his entire bench was injured, and thus put up no points. The flip can be said, as I’m sure Jones will point out – having a really strong bench is actually a disadvantage here. But this whole system is about who to start – GMing is a separate metric I have yet to figure out.
Another curiosity was that the entire league combined for only one error (Kyle) in week seven, since all of our benches were filled with dudes on their BYE…
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