[Spiny_Norman]

In 14 years, he's made the tournament once. That's the baseline we're working off of here. The men's team is in a dark spot, but if improvement entails just being slightly better in rank while making the tournament just once or none during an 8 year tenure - it will be a bad hire.

Given the weak institutional support for men's basketball, this seems like the type of hire Stanford could expect. I think anyone commenting here on the Cardboard cares more about men's basketball than any indifferent student or administrator. My expectations for Smith are low because the program he is taking over is in such a deep hole.

[Spiny_Norman]

In 14 years, he's made the tournament once. That's the baseline we're working off of here. The men's team is in a dark spot, but if improvement entails just being slightly better in rank while making the tournament just once or none during an 8 year tenure - it will be a bad hire.

Given the weak institutional support for men's basketball, this seems like the type of hire Stanford could expect. I think anyone commenting here on the Cardboard cares more about men's basketball than any indifferent student or administrator. My expectations for Smith are low because the program he is taking over is in such a deep hole.