<p>After two seasons on the job, <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/anaheim-ducks/line-combinations">Anaheim Ducks</a> head coach Greg Cronin was fired Saturday. The news came after the Ducks wrapped up the 2024-25 season with a 35-37-10 showing and 16 points back of the second wildcard spot in the Western Conference.</p>



<p>On Monday’s episode of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw1zEj2WnEU">Daily Faceoff LIVE</a>, Tyler Yaremchuk and Frank Seravalli discussed what led to the coach’s dismissal.</p>



<p><strong>Tyler Yaremchuk:</strong> What about out in Anaheim? They took a big, big jump in the standings, but it didn’t result in a playoff appearance and that means Cronin is out as the head coach. Life ain’t fair, but does this feel fair to Cronin after taking a big jump, or do you think they need a new voice there?</p>



<p><strong>Frank Seravalli:</strong> It’s not often that a coach gets fired after a 21-point improvement in the standings. However, Cronin should have been fired last year. The way that he interacted with players, I believe, was unacceptable. I believe he was warned of his behavior at that moment in time. I think, when you look forward to this year, you can see an improvement in the standings, but I feel like so much of that success came on the back of Lukas Dostal, and I don’t know that it was any sort of coaching improvement. That, plus some interactions, I think left a lot of people feeling uneasy and they kind of got to a point where they had to make a change.</p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="243"></div>



<p><strong>Tyler Yaremchuk:</strong> Pat Verbeek was also talking about how he has to get aggressive this summer as well because they want to be a playoff team next year. A 21-point improvement is great, but I would argue that going from a basement dweller to a middle-of-the-pack team is the easy jump to make. This next leap, to try to get into the top eight, that is a much, much more difficult jump for a team to make.</p>



<p>You can watch the full segment and the rest of the episode here:</p>



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