It's Still Warzycha's Team

The transition away from the players Robert Warzycha and Brian Bliss brought in - to Gregg Berhalter has been slow and (lacking in playmakers). The upcoming offseason will be critical to this team. Attrition of Warzycha's players has been steady, but the results of the past year now should have fans concerned. 

This is regular season only.

If you just look at warm bodies, Berhalter's (GB) signings outnumbered Warzycha's (RW) last year...

Year : RW - GB

2014 : 21 - 10

2015 : 13 - 16

2016 : 10 - 17

...but, the number of minutes played by those signings suggests that he's still reliant on RW's guys to carry the load.

Year : RW - GB

2014 : 26075 - 4480

2015 : 18161 - 12300

2016 : 14962 - 14658

Looking at assists by those players suggests that a huge hole has opened up now that Berhalter has to address. Highlight here is not only that RW's guys still contribute the most but also the total team drop off from 2015 to 2016 (-15 assists).

Year : RW - GB

2014 : 46 - 0

2015 : 51 - 14

2016 : 33 - 17

Similar story with goals, here. While Kei Kamara and Ola Kamara have helped GB's players overtake the contribution of RW's, the aggregate drop off -10 goals from 2015 to 2016 have this team finishing historically bad.

Year : RW - GB

2014 : 46 - 0

2015 : 32 - 25

2016 : 17 - 30

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I'll take a look at some other items metrics here in the future, but I felt the simple facts and figures above tells the story well enough. Of course, the results of these three teams are most important - but who is driving them, for me, is most important.