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I agree that sports fans sour too quickly on a good but not great coach. Fran is an interesting situation. I think his overall performance was solid for a non blue blood B1G team. He never did bad enough over a long enough stretch to warrant firing, but also had a fairly low ceiling. It is...

I think it's possible his first year. In the portal era, it's possible to put together a successful team quickly, and maybe Medved can bring some nice pieces who know his system with him. Before anyone jumps down my throat, I'm not saying it's a major black mark on his record if he doesn't get...

Maybe the new CSU coach needs to pull out the Fleck improvement graph from a press conference several years ago.

Id consider joining Dinkytown athletes if Coyle did a Fonzi impression at a major public event.

Defending the hire doesn't depend on either (1) arguing that Nedved's performance is better than his record or (2) arguing that a past coach's performance was either not as good as their record or the untestable assertion that they were about to go down hill.

It's a complicated curve. As Pitino once said, "this is high level competitive stuff."

I hope you mean in conference, because winning more than you lose should be a given for a big ten coach with the out of conference schedule.

2 NCAA tourney appearances, at least one trip to the round of 32, at least one winning conference season, at least one trip to the BTT semis, a cumulative B1G record north of 40%. Those aren't all necessarily make or break for me, and certainly exceeding my benchmark on one or more of those...

Went with my A. My usual caveat applies grading a hire at the time of the hire is like the preseason rankings. My final grade on the hire will be at the end of the Medved era when we know how it worked out.

Tubbys years were night and day better than Pitinos here. Tubby made the tourney 3 times in 6 years, Pitino made it 2 in 8. Tubbys B1G winning percentage was 6.5% hire than Pitino's, which translates to more than 1 extra conference win per year. I don't evaluate coaches on pace of play. I...

Always have a soft spot for Nugget, but obviously wasn't the best of the bunch. I just missed coming to college in time for Maroney and Barber, but they were legendary. During my Fandom, probably Ibrahim and then Cobb as a runner up.

If we keep building on this connectedness, we might be jusy a few years from having the most connected team in football history.

That's a great point about playing your game. The thing that offends me most about prevent offense is the logic is basically "what we have been doing is so effective we have a lead, so now let's stop doing what the other team hasn't shown they can beat."

Get we get some more data on his high five and butt slaps metrics? And his ability to blow Coyle away in an interview? Im going with 70%. Id definitely take him vs the field if i were betting, but there are enough unknowns out there (who might want him, who else might be on our radar) that i...

+1 A headline grabbing run might marginally up the bidding price, but he's not going to magically appear on someone's radar by making the sweet 16.

Playing shell (or other sports version of it) is one of the most avoidable be frequently made mistakes across football, hockey, soccer, and basketball. I think coaches are afraid of getting criticized for getting burned being too aggressive with a lead. It doesn't annoy me when other teams do it...

Two things can be true. I think we are going to see the top programs in the big conferences lose their dominance, but also see the mid majors struggle even more to compete. It's now easier for big conference teams to grab surprisingly good players from mid majors, but also harder for the blue...

Frustrating finish to the season. Not with the folks who want Frost gone for a few reasons. First, as annoyed as I am that Wisconsin seems to be on another level than us this year, Wisconsin seems to be on another level than everyone in the country. We are neck and neck with OSU behind them...

Finishing 5th in the country? Solid season for the boys!

But some didn't want to judge our own coach based on four years worth of games!