I saw Slider (really happy for him, he is a great guy) go from South Florida, B prestige, Sun Belt, as a team that never got past the 2nd round of the NT to Georgetown A-, in RUPP. So he qualified. I know he had been coaching South Florida for over 10 seasons.

Seems to be par for the course. Long-time winner at a mid-major with very deep runs can land you an A- job.

Posted by tkimble on 6/26/2016 10:34:00 AM (view original):
Seems to be par for the course. Long-time winner at a mid-major with very deep runs can land you an A- job.

zorzii said he never got past the 2nd round though?

the issue IMO has never been with long tenured mid majors. since seble expanded to 10 seasons, a guy with 10 NT1s or similar could always snag a solid BCS job. the problem is that period of time is too long. a new coach comes in, takes 3 awful seasons on the resume to rebuild, and then has 5 good ones, and they are still a ways out from a good job. that's really the problem - the game only looks at averages, it has no concept of where you came from and where you went...

Posted by gillispie1 on 6/26/2016 1:50:00 PM (view original):

Posted by tkimble on 6/26/2016 10:34:00 AM (view original):
Seems to be par for the course. Long-time winner at a mid-major with very deep runs can land you an A- job.

zorzii said he never got past the 2nd round though?

the issue IMO has never been with long tenured mid majors. since seble expanded to 10 seasons, a guy with 10 NT1s or similar could always snag a solid BCS job. the problem is that period of time is too long. a new coach comes in, takes 3 awful seasons on the resume to rebuild, and then has 5 good ones, and they are still a ways out from a good job. that's really the problem - the game only looks at averages, it has no concept of where you came from and where you went...

That's been my view of the issue as well. If you turn around a D- program into a B- program within 3/4 seasons, ANY school in the country should take a look at you.(just talking about D1 here)