[76lsjumb]

Hiring a successful mid-major coach worked out pretty well with Montgomery.

Has it occurred to anyone that -- next to John Wooden and, arguably, Lute Olson -- Monty may very well have been the best coach [over the course of his whole career at Stanford, and even throwing in his stint at K.al] in Pac-8/10/12 history?  Which means it is somewhat naïve to say that doing what "worked out pretty well" with respect to Monty will simply "work out pretty well" again with the next hire [... or the one after that, or the one after that...].  Especially when, as was pointed out earlier, even an N.IT championship next year, for example -- which launched Monty's successful trajectory back then -- will be summarily dismissed by everyone as a complete failure.

[76lsjumb]

Hiring a successful mid-major coach worked out pretty well with Montgomery.

Has it occurred to anyone that -- next to John Wooden and, arguably, Lute Olson -- Monty may very well have been the best coach [over the course of his whole career at Stanford, and even throwing in his stint at K.al] in Pac-8/10/12 history?  Which means it is somewhat naïve to say that doing what "worked out pretty well" with respect to Monty will simply "work out pretty well" again with the next hire [... or the one after that, or the one after that...].  Especially when, as was pointed out earlier, even an N.IT championship next year, for example -- which launched Monty's successful trajectory back then -- will be summarily dismissed by everyone as a complete failure.