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Wow Bob! 
I didn't realize that Tinkle had played for Monty in Montana!  I'm guessing Monty gave Tinkle a solid recommendation to Muir given his Montana roots and his long legacy in the sport.   He's married to a former Lady Griz player, so this is clearly a basketball family.  We likely could have had his son on the team as well.   That was a big miss!  Instead we Haase-ta-la-vista...

Tinkle was hired at Oregon State about two months after Stanford lost in the Sweet Sixteen. Sadly, the timing just wasn't there.

Muir's only opportunity to hire Tinkle was after the previous season, where he had an opportunity to deliver a message that making the NIT is not good enough. Instead he subjected us to four more years of mediocrity at Maples, followed by five more.

[winflop]

Wow Bob! 
I didn't realize that Tinkle had played for Monty in Montana!  I'm guessing Monty gave Tinkle a solid recommendation to Muir given his Montana roots and his long legacy in the sport.   He's married to a former Lady Griz player, so this is clearly a basketball family.  We likely could have had his son on the team as well.   That was a big miss!  Instead we Haase-ta-la-vista...

Tinkle was hired at Oregon State about two months after Stanford lost in the Sweet Sixteen. Sadly, the timing just wasn't there.

Muir's only opportunity to hire Tinkle was after the previous season, where he had an opportunity to deliver a message that making the NIT is not good enough. Instead he subjected us to four more years of mediocrity at Maples, followed by five more.