Double Diamond said:
bobinator said:
It's not just fit though; there's at least SOME level of success you need to have.
We all know there's a portion of every fan base that just can't wait to fire the coach, but of the realistic part of the fan base, it was a worthy question back in February of whether the level of success Buzz was achieving was good enough. At the time it looked like we were heading for the NIT.
But then we pulled out of the funk, made the tournament, and won a game. So no sane fan of ours thinks we should fire Buzz. The bar here is very low. You just need to make the field more often than not, and you're the best coach in program history and there's no chance we'll fire you.
But there is still a bar.
Painter made the tournament his second year and then didn't miss it again for six years, winning at least one game every year. (That alone would make you the best coach in A&M history.) He then missed it twice in a row and now hasn't missed it since.
Go look at Painter lots and lots and lots of first weekend endings. After 19 years he has had a few sweet 16s but it isn't many.
19 seasons
15 NCAA tournaments
4 Round of 64
4 Round of 32
5 sweet 16s
an elite 8
Championship game (possible title)
Multiple Big Ten championships, lot of Top 3s
There is no world you can pretend this is not great.
From an A&M perspective, we would be ecstatic with 15 out of 19 appearances.
Im sure some would eventually get fed up and demand a title