[StanfordMatt]

While I do agree that expectations of UCLA and Stanford fans are different, it's still really tough to find a coach who can be successful. It's even tougher for Stanford because the pool of feasible head coaches is smaller. 

Tough but not impossible. It still frustrates me to this day knowing that there's a good chance we could've landed Tony Bennett in 2008 when we hired Dawkins. Instead, Bennett goes to UVA the following year and ends up winning a national title while we enter a decade-plus of mediocrity.

Bennett's comments from a 2015 interview: “I marveled at Stanford when I was in the Pac-10...and I said, ‘Boy, that’s really what’s right about college sports, the ability to compete athletically and what’s going on academically.’ And then I looked at Virginia and thought this (is similar).”
https://www.dailypress.com/sports/teel-b...-post.html

[StanfordMatt]

While I do agree that expectations of UCLA and Stanford fans are different, it's still really tough to find a coach who can be successful. It's even tougher for Stanford because the pool of feasible head coaches is smaller. 

Tough but not impossible. It still frustrates me to this day knowing that there's a good chance we could've landed Tony Bennett in 2008 when we hired Dawkins. Instead, Bennett goes to UVA the following year and ends up winning a national title while we enter a decade-plus of mediocrity.

Bennett's comments from a 2015 interview: “I marveled at Stanford when I was in the Pac-10...and I said, ‘Boy, that’s really what’s right about college sports, the ability to compete athletically and what’s going on academically.’ And then I looked at Virginia and thought this (is similar).”
https://www.dailypress.com/sports/teel-b...-post.html