I never said fans shouldn't have had concerns the past 8 years, I did myself. But that doesn't mean I just ignored overall progress and trajectory beyond Ws and Ls. If it were the football program, I would say sure, it has to show up in wins and losses, because we're a prestige program. But for hoops, where he's trying to build something sustainable brick by brick, I think it requires a different view of trajectory and progress.
Not what I said. I said it's unfair to say "they did it" without a longer track record to show if this is a one-off or something sustainable being built. I'm also not saying this season is the reason to support Pat, I'm saying its the steady progress over 9 years that is culminating with this that is the reason to. Now, if he doesn't make it back in the next 4 years, then he's done. On a year-to-year basis we're likely to step back next year, but I'm still following the overall line graph, not one year to the next.