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<blockquote data-quote="KSmooth" data-source="post: 1283803" data-attributes="member: 7250"><p>Was away from my computer, been waiting a while but need to address what might be the stupidest comment I've seen on a message board all year.</p><p></p><p>In the immortal words of Douglas MacArthur, there is no substitute for victory. Losing today to win tomorrow is a dicey proposition at best. Even in the pros, where there's a player draft to direct the best players to the weakest teams, tanking is risky. A bad front office staff can always blow a draft pick. And good managers can find talent others miss.</p><p></p><p>This is college ball. There is no draft to even things out. Winning programs tend to keep on winning. Losing programs tend to continue losing. Good players want to play for programs that win. Losing programs tend to struggle to get players that are more than mediocre.</p><p></p><p>Does winning a couple of critical games make it harder to fire the coach? That's a GOOD problem to have. It means your program is better than you thought it was. Which suggests that maybe your coach isn't as bad as you might have thought he was. It seems a pretty simple rule of prudence that you don't fire your college basketball coach if the team makes the NCAAs. That's because if you make the NCAAs your team is GOOD -- and your coach is probably pretty decent too. And in the meantime, you're more likely to attract good players -- whoever your next coach is.</p><p></p><p>Now this team has a tough way back in. I'd be surprised if they make it. And if things go as expected from here on out we'll probably have to fire Groce. I understand that. But a smart fan would much rather have won out, made the tourney, and taken their chances with Groce going forward.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KSmooth, post: 1283803, member: 7250"] Was away from my computer, been waiting a while but need to address what might be the stupidest comment I've seen on a message board all year. In the immortal words of Douglas MacArthur, there is no substitute for victory. Losing today to win tomorrow is a dicey proposition at best. Even in the pros, where there's a player draft to direct the best players to the weakest teams, tanking is risky. A bad front office staff can always blow a draft pick. And good managers can find talent others miss. This is college ball. There is no draft to even things out. Winning programs tend to keep on winning. Losing programs tend to continue losing. Good players want to play for programs that win. Losing programs tend to struggle to get players that are more than mediocre. Does winning a couple of critical games make it harder to fire the coach? That's a GOOD problem to have. It means your program is better than you thought it was. Which suggests that maybe your coach isn't as bad as you might have thought he was. It seems a pretty simple rule of prudence that you don't fire your college basketball coach if the team makes the NCAAs. That's because if you make the NCAAs your team is GOOD -- and your coach is probably pretty decent too. And in the meantime, you're more likely to attract good players -- whoever your next coach is. Now this team has a tough way back in. I'd be surprised if they make it. And if things go as expected from here on out we'll probably have to fire Groce. I understand that. But a smart fan would much rather have won out, made the tourney, and taken their chances with Groce going forward. [/QUOTE]
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