Now the reasoning we were better is the 2nd half is because we faced "banged up teams." I guess they were banged up for us, but healthy for everyone else in the league. So we are obviously more of the 47 game team last year, not the last 35 game team, since you pointed it out all so well in your detailed response? Man, if you dont think that it takes time for players to learn a new coaches schemes, what the coach is trying to install, his coaching tendencies, his likes/dislikes, or how it takes time to trust a new coaching staff, then you've obviously never been around sports much. You saw the same thing happen in Galant's first year here. We started off slow, and had to pick it up in the 2nd half just to have a shot at the playoffs. Heck, we needed a 12 game winning streak, involving unsustainable stats, just to get back into that race.