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<blockquote data-quote="Samuel S" data-source="post: 129410408" data-attributes="member: 1754664">Well, to an extent we can control the record of the teams we play. When we beat them, their record is 1 game worse and vice versa when we lose.Were we to go 9-0 in conference, the rest of the conference would be 9 games below .500 in aggregate. 0-9 and it's 9 games above .500.The outcomes in our games are obviously heavily dependent on how good we are. It's true enough to say we lose most games to better teams and win most against worse.Justifying losing by saying we only lose to teams that are better than us, ignores one of the main things a coach is supposed to do. If a coach is not expected to make us better so we can win more games what exactly is his job?If the consensus has become that we should never be expected to exceed 5-4 in conference,&nbsp; it's acceptable to go 2-7 as often as we go 5-4,&nbsp; and an overall conference record winning percentage of .375 is good enough now, then there should be no debate about Dana's future. He's getting that job done.&nbsp; For those who think the job should require making the team better so the record becomes better, there are serious doubts about whether he is getting that job done.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Samuel S, post: 129410408, member: 1754664"] Well, to an extent we can control the record of the teams we play. When we beat them, their record is 1 game worse and vice versa when we lose. Were we to go 9-0 in conference, the rest of the conference would be 9 games below .500 in aggregate. 0-9 and it's 9 games above .500. The outcomes in our games are obviously heavily dependent on how good we are. It's true enough to say we lose most games to better teams and win most against worse. Justifying losing by saying we only lose to teams that are better than us, ignores one of the main things a coach is supposed to do. If a coach is not expected to make us better so we can win more games what exactly is his job? If the consensus has become that we should never be expected to exceed 5-4 in conference, it's acceptable to go 2-7 as often as we go 5-4, and an overall conference record winning percentage of .375 is good enough now, then there should be no debate about Dana's future. He's getting that job done. For those who think the job should require making the team better so the record becomes better, there are serious doubts about whether he is getting that job done. [/QUOTE]

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