I don't think he should park the bus, he didn't really do much better at all than Hughton, just like he didn't do any better than the guy before him or after him at Swansea. Its not only about goals and results I have seen them play and they are not impressive. Take today for instance they did not look threatening at all.
XG is a pretty useless stat so for them to be up there and getting zero results shows more about how useless the stat is versus them actually being good.
He isn't parking a bus. But he did do better than Hughton. Simple fact.
The reason X/g isn't a useless stat is because it delves a bit deeper than "result" and provides a quantitive and qualitative metric, where as you seem to be entirely basing your assessment of Potter's coaching on "results" without actually factoring in lots off other factors that effect their ability to get results.
He does very little defensively not sure where you are getting that from. They certainly do not look impressive in that regard.
Why do you think I posted their XGA ? to support the opinion that his coaching methods have them actually not conceding many quality chances. With a relatively new PL team, with small budget, who aren't just parking busses, that is actually quite impressive "in that regard".
I think Potter as Brighton manger finishing bottom 5 year after year is fine, That is his level that is what his poor tactics and managing get you. The issue I have is the talk about Brighton and Potter being anything more than relegation battle level team/manager.
People keep overrating both because they throw the term progressive out there and for many just using the term means that you are doing something better regardless of what is actually the case.
What poor tactics ? Again, back up what you mean. What is he doing , not doing as a coach? You say you don't think he should be parking a bus, well he isn't, so what is he doing wrong that you think he's so shit?
What I am seeing is a coach who's team are trying to play a proactive (seeing as you don;'t like progressive) brand of football, ie making something happen rather than just concentrating on preventing the other team from scoring, have top 6/7 creative metrics and top 6/7 defensive metrics, that's evidence of something being coached at least to me, what his individual players are doing and good luck/bad luck is fuck all to do with his coaching.
What are people overrating? No one is claiming he's a genius or the next Guardiola. Some of us are just impressed with a young coach trying something other than to fucking bus park shit kick their way to 17th, and as I've said, and tried to back up with some metrics, he's also not just throwing caution to the wind or being naive defensively - a la Norwich last year or Fulham.