(01-01-2019 07:42 PM)Dukesfan1971 Wrote: Good points TribePride. But you have to remember the following:
The 2013 title did not count because the CAA was weak
The 2015 regular season title we shared did not count because we did not beat any of the teams we tied with.
In 2016, 11 CAA wins did not count because we had a bunch of non athletic players
And if you look at the above 4 year run, it happened with no new arena on the horizon or cost of attendance. It also happened while the coach’s bosses would tell anybody who would listen that the Coach should have been fired in 2012 and would have been let go in 2013 if he did not win the CAA tournament that did not count.
The six seasons before Brady, our combined CAA record was 21-77
Our current coach’s record in the CAA is 13-25
Go Dukes
#134 in the country. Such a shining example of a season. And sadly, 2013 was the best season we've had in over 2 decades as far as tournament results. But even that couldn't propel us into the top 100.
In 2015 we were #190. One and done in the CAAT and then one and done in a pay-to-play tourney when we were playing a team not even in the top 200.
In 2016 (the best year ranking wise in forever) we ended at #108, but guess what...we got destroyed by W&M in our first game in the CAAT.
So...your point is that we should not have fired Brady because it could be worse? Well, that's true. But again...that's because we went from a medium-low salary coach with previous HC experience to a low salary coach with zero HC experience. And things, as a result, did get worse...and have remained worse.
However, to hold any year of Brady's tenure up like he was doing an amazing job is silly. We never broke the top 100 (only one year were we actually close) and only one year did we win the CAAT (and that was the only year we were close).
But you're right...out of our last several coaches, Brady was the best. Let's not kid ourselves in thinking he was hitting the goals that a university of our size and budget should be reaching. I've also never seen a program lose their top recruit so consistently year after year to transfer.