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[quote author=76lsjumb link=topic=14741.msg158585#msg158585 date=1457998683]
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.

If Stanford won the NIT next year, I would see it as a step in the right direction.  There's a big difference winning the NIT in your first or second season vs your 7th.

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So you're assuming we will be hiring someone with no head coaching experience?  I'd be really surprised if that happened.
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I agree but regardless of whether the new coach has HC experience or not, I will give him (or her!) a pass for the first two years.

But I did mean 1st/2nd years with the program, not career.

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[quote author=winflop link=topic=14741.msg158598#msg158598 date=1458007038]
[quote author=76lsjumb link=topic=14741.msg158585#msg158585 date=1457998683]
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.

If Stanford won the NIT next year, I would see it as a step in the right direction.  There's a big difference winning the NIT in your first or second season vs your 7th.

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So you're assuming we will be hiring someone with no head coaching experience?  I'd be really surprised if that happened.
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I agree but regardless of whether the new coach has HC experience or not, I will give him (or her!) a pass for the first two years.

But I did mean 1st/2nd years with the program, not career.