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That team is one of the most painful memories for me as a Stanford fan. After such a great season filled with big wins, to go out of the tourney the way they did was just depressing. That's pretty much when I got on board the "Monty the Traitor can't win the big games in the tourney and it's time for both parties to move on", boat. I don't harbor the ill-will against Monty that a lot of folks here do, because frankly, his strategy at Stanford had been proved to not be viable come tourney time. I miss the 20+ win seasons and occasional top 10 ranking. But I don't miss the certainty that Stanford would lose to a team with a lower seed in the tournament each year.

Hopefully our Harbaugh/Shaw of basketball is around the corner, ready to win big in season and get it done in the tourney as well.

I don't know how you can accuses Monty of systematic underperformance when he also took a team to the Final 4.  The NCAA tourney (and, in fact, any one and done tourney) is going to have its share of upsets.  To the extent that we were upset victims during the latter stages of Monty's career at Stanford is due to the fact that we were frequently a higher seed.

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[BostonCard]

That team is one of the most painful memories for me as a Stanford fan. After such a great season filled with big wins, to go out of the tourney the way they did was just depressing. That's pretty much when I got on board the "Monty the Traitor can't win the big games in the tourney and it's time for both parties to move on", boat. I don't harbor the ill-will against Monty that a lot of folks here do, because frankly, his strategy at Stanford had been proved to not be viable come tourney time. I miss the 20+ win seasons and occasional top 10 ranking. But I don't miss the certainty that Stanford would lose to a team with a lower seed in the tournament each year.

Hopefully our Harbaugh/Shaw of basketball is around the corner, ready to win big in season and get it done in the tourney as well.

I don't know how you can accuses Monty of systematic underperformance when he also took a team to the Final 4.  The NCAA tourney (and, in fact, any one and done tourney) is going to have its share of upsets.  To the extent that we were upset victims during the latter stages of Monty's career at Stanford is due to the fact that we were frequently a higher seed.

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