Quote Originally Posted by Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77" View Post
I'm not sure I agree with that. We live in a win-now society, but does that necessarily create the best long-term product? The year before Coach K got to Duke, the team was in the Elite 8. He made the NIT his first year, then had back-to-back losing seasons. They were calling for his head in Durham. Instead of firing him, the university decided to let him finish his contract. I think it worked out pretty well. Rick Pitino went 14-14 in his first year at Kentucky, a team that was one year removed from a 9-year NCAA streak. They stuck with him and he went on to have a decent career. Billy Donovan had 2 losing seasons at Florida, a team that had been in the Final Four just 2 years before he arrived, but that worked out okay.

Sometimes you come into a situation that requires a complete overhaul. That was the case for Coach K, Pitino, and Donovan. All of their bosses stuck by them and ended up with multiple Final Fours and at least one NCAA championship banner. I'm not saying Wojo will do the same, but he came into a tough situation and it's entirely possible that the best way to fix it is to tear everything down. If we don't make the NCAAs this year or even have a losing record, I still think it's worth sticking by the guy to give him a chance to install what he wants to do. If that takes 3-4 years, so be it.

Can it create the best long term product? Sure. Why not? For example, if MU is having trouble keeping guards in front of them on the perimeter, why not try a different type of defense? Zone? How is that taking away from what he might want to build over the long run? I guess what I am saying is that I don't think a coach should force players into his system as much as he should adjust the system to make use of the players he has now. That doesn't mean he can't implement it fully down the road.

I have a hard time comparing Wojo to Pitino, Coack K, etc. because I have no recollection of the talent that any of them inherited. Wojo has a team with talent. It's raw talent. It's incomplete. But it's there.

And maybe I am exaggerating. I just want to see what happens from here on.