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<blockquote data-quote="The Bell Tolls for Thee" data-source="post: 131672575" data-attributes="member: 1812660">This is a reductive fallacy.&nbsp; No one is saying they want WVU to be a perpetually 5-6 wins per year program.&nbsp; However a coach that walked into a less than ideal situation should get more than 2 seasons to prove their worth.&nbsp; It took RR 4 seasons to really get over the hump from potential to championship level teams.&nbsp; Saban could've walked in at WVU in 2019 and not have faired much better that first year.&nbsp; WVU does not have the brand recognition like say Alabama or Ohio State where a new coach may instantly improve their predecessor's below average job.&nbsp; Hence, barring an egregious scandal, any coach that WVU hires will need 3 seasons minimum commitment to show what they can do lest we run a good coach out of town prematurely.Huggins on the other hand has done what no other WVU coach has done which is have a 10+ season coaching tenure and made the NCAA Tournament more often than not during that time.&nbsp; Not happy getting bounced from the tournament in the second round, but Huggins has taken WVU to the Sweet 16 50% of the time he has taken WVU to the tournament.&nbsp; That's not mediocre by any standard.&nbsp; Maybe he won't ever field another Final Four team again, but the likelihood WVU finds a better coach when it's time to hire is small.&nbsp; Then the likelihood that the new coach is better than Huggins AND not poached the moment he makes a deep NCAA tournament run is even smaller still.&nbsp; Huggins only has a few more years left and it is undoubtedly more likely that WVU's best chance at a deep NCAA tournament run in the next 3 years is with Huggins at the helm than a new hire.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Bell Tolls for Thee, post: 131672575, member: 1812660"] This is a reductive fallacy. No one is saying they want WVU to be a perpetually 5-6 wins per year program. However a coach that walked into a less than ideal situation should get more than 2 seasons to prove their worth. It took RR 4 seasons to really get over the hump from potential to championship level teams. Saban could've walked in at WVU in 2019 and not have faired much better that first year. WVU does not have the brand recognition like say Alabama or Ohio State where a new coach may instantly improve their predecessor's below average job. Hence, barring an egregious scandal, any coach that WVU hires will need 3 seasons minimum commitment to show what they can do lest we run a good coach out of town prematurely. Huggins on the other hand has done what no other WVU coach has done which is have a 10+ season coaching tenure and made the NCAA Tournament more often than not during that time. Not happy getting bounced from the tournament in the second round, but Huggins has taken WVU to the Sweet 16 50% of the time he has taken WVU to the tournament. That's not mediocre by any standard. Maybe he won't ever field another Final Four team again, but the likelihood WVU finds a better coach when it's time to hire is small. Then the likelihood that the new coach is better than Huggins AND not poached the moment he makes a deep NCAA tournament run is even smaller still. Huggins only has a few more years left and it is undoubtedly more likely that WVU's best chance at a deep NCAA tournament run in the next 3 years is with Huggins at the helm than a new hire. [/QUOTE]

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