There is no denying that the start of Eric Ramsay's reign as Albion boss was nothing short of a disaster.
The Baggies picked up one point from his first four matches in charge, and the key reason was the volume of goals they were shipping.
In that quartet they conceded a whopping 12 goals, dropping Albion into the relegation zone and decimating their goal difference.
Something had to change, and it has.
Ramsay has taken Albion back to basics in so many ways over the past week.
First, the team has reverted to the more familiar shape the club has largely deployed over the past few seasons under a variety of managers.
The reversion to a familiar 4-2-3-1 has seemed to breed confidence, and the players look far more at home. There has also been a strong focus on stemming the tide of goals against.
Albion were dire defensively away at Portsmouth, conceding 20 shots on goal, an xG against of 2.57 (their worst of the season) and subsequently let in three goals.
However, this has been followed by back-to-back clean sheets against Stoke and Birmingham - the first time Albion have achieved such a feat since September 2024.
The Stoke game was a rock-solid rearguard display allowing a miserly 0.39 xG to the visitors. The Birmingham game was different.
Blues created chances, but through sheer will and determination, Albion kept their clean sheet intact.
This effort, desire and determination was all too sadly lacking in the defeats by Norwich and Portsmouth, but there has been a clear shift in mentality and total buy-in from the players since the switch back to a back four.
All of this gives Albion a clear foundation to build on as they go into a massive run of games after the FA Cup weekend.
The Baggies face Coventry at The Hawthorns, and then their next three fixtures are against teams currently sitting in 18th, 23rd and 17th places respectively.
It is a vital run of games against relegation rivals which will likely go a long way to determining their fate.
Of course 0-0s are not going to carry Albion to safety, and it is worth acknowledging the elephant in the room which is they have scored just once in their past five fixtures.
Ramsay's next task is to resolve the issues at the top end of the field so Albion can turn one point into three.
But the first job was to stop the defeats. Albion had lost nine of their past 12 games prior to last Saturday.
Now he has done that, Ramsay has given the players confidence, belief and a platform to go and hopefully win some big games.