When rare events like a coaching search emerge we can only use precedent as a basis for our expectations. Our last 2 searches for a basketball coach were a disaster in various ways we’ve discussed at length. And although Debbie is 3-1 in her handling of the coaching search process for the Big 4 (FB, MBB, WBB, Baseball), there were definitely doubts coming in on how she would handle this one. So me being a teacher, lets grade the accuracy of our expectations this time around:
Expectation: Firing Gottfried Early Gave Us Little Advantage
When Coach Gottfried was fired with about a month left in the season, folks wondered why not just wait until the end to see what happens.