I'm not saying Brad should be fired because if we're honest, that's just not going to happen. That said, I do think this sort of pattern has played out over multiple seasons now. I will say that I love what Brad has done for our program. I am ecstatic that we are complaining about consistently being in the top 5 of the B1G conference and going to the NCAA tourney year in and year out. That was a pipe dream for the decade or so before Brad got here. I also think that if anyone needs to get hyped up or motivated, Brad does a heck of a job showing a garbage can whose boss and also defends his players and hypes them up publicly so he really has been fantastic for us.
All that said, this appears to be the ceiling. Maybe I'm wrong. I think this is similar to how KU fans felt about Self for the first 5 years until he finally won a natty. I think I just have to accept that Brad is good - not great - and that our on court results are going to be in line with that. To me, it's clear that the one big area of weakness (because the large majority of things BU does at a very high level) comparing BU to the elite (used somewhat tongue in cheek) HCs around the country is that most of them are significantly stronger from an Xs/Os standpoint. Again, I'm so much. happier with where we are at now than how terrible the lost 2010 decade was, but it's still frustrating to feel like we are so close and we just won't be able to do it.
