[terry]

I'm saying some people are pointing to Tinkle's record - after taking over worst program in conference - to take away from his accomplishments this season. If you are going to do that, then you can't credit David Shaw for what he did after taking over Harbaugh's Stanford program.  

Personally, I think Tinkle's record doesn't reflect his ability, like Kyle Shanahan's doesn't. They are both a little too early to judge. 

OSU finished in the middle of the Pac-12 in the regular season this year, with a conference record of 10-10, tied for 6th with Stanford. OSU is having a good run in the post-season, winning 3 games in the conference tournament and one game in the NCAA tournament.

That's nice for OSU and for Wayne Tinkle. I wish Stanford and Jerod Haase were enjoying that kind of winning streak. 

However, I don't think it's unreasonable to view Tinkle's last four games in the context of his 7 seasons at OSU (record of 52-76 in conference). 

Tinkle did not take over the worst program in the conference. Rather, Tinkle took over a team that had gone 8-10 in conference the prior year. 

Even if we disregard Tinkle's results in his first few years at OSU and look only at years 4 through 7 of his OSU tenure, his records in conference have been just fair-to-middling:  7-11, 10-8, 7-11, 10-10. After 7 seasons, I don't think it's too early to make some judgments based on Tinkle's W/L record.

Maybe OSU's current four-game post-season winning streak shows that OSU has turned the corner. I guess we will see.

[terry]

I'm saying some people are pointing to Tinkle's record - after taking over worst program in conference - to take away from his accomplishments this season. If you are going to do that, then you can't credit David Shaw for what he did after taking over Harbaugh's Stanford program.  

Personally, I think Tinkle's record doesn't reflect his ability, like Kyle Shanahan's doesn't. They are both a little too early to judge. 

OSU finished in the middle of the Pac-12 in the regular season this year, with a conference record of 10-10, tied for 6th with Stanford. OSU is having a good run in the post-season, winning 3 games in the conference tournament and one game in the NCAA tournament.

That's nice for OSU and for Wayne Tinkle. I wish Stanford and Jerod Haase were enjoying that kind of winning streak. 

However, I don't think it's unreasonable to view Tinkle's last four games in the context of his 7 seasons at OSU (record of 52-76 in conference). 

Tinkle did not take over the worst program in the conference. Rather, Tinkle took over a team that had gone 8-10 in conference the prior year. 

Even if we disregard Tinkle's results in his first few years at OSU and look only at years 4 through 7 of his OSU tenure, his records in conference have been just fair-to-middling:  7-11, 10-8, 7-11, 10-10. After 7 seasons, I don't think it's too early to make some judgments based on Tinkle's W/L record.

Maybe OSU's current four-game post-season winning streak shows that OSU has turned the corner. I guess we will see.