I'm definitely a huge proponent of firings but 10-12 each season does seem extreme. The biggest issue, which many have stated previously, is when a coach has prolonged success (even winning NC's) but has a 4-season dry spell and gets fired. That really doesn't make sense and seems like the biggest hurdle to figure out.

And Tark

safe - 36
fired - 18
n/a - 17

Firings by Tier

1- 3
2- 8
3- 7

Knight

Safe - 43
Fired - 18
N/A - 9

Firings by Tier
1- 1
2- 5
3- 12

I'll add that there are so many of the coaches labeled as "safe" that barely kept their job by the skin of their beanbag.

I think a ton of how this will be received is in something I've heard almost nobody talk about-- what happens to the fired coach? How good of a job can he get? Is there a special hiring season for these people so that they can perhaps pick empty schools before others? Or am I going to get canned from Kansas (just saved my job this season, but would have been canned long ago by the proposed rules) and sent packing to D2 or a D-prestige mid-major?

My Kansas tenure is an almost perfect test of this, by the way. Took over a terrible team with no reasonable players and B- prestige but trending down, consistently got better for 5-6 seasons before making the postseason consistently ever since, but no real NT runs. There are lots of mitigating factors, including a suddenly-full Big 12 when they opened up D1 jobs a ton 2-3 seasons ago, but the main issue is that I've never recruited high D1 in 3.0 until now, and face(d) a learning curve there. At BYU I was just trying to be a good midmajor, not recruit all-stars... I'm definitely still figuring that out. I'm a mediocre coach though, and if you are in Naismith jonesing for the Jayhawks, I can see where you could be annoyed that I'm safe in the old times.

If you looked at the below resume and said I was in trouble after season 118/119, I'd think that was pretty harsh. But if I was teetering on the edge after 122/123, I'd be OK with it. By the new proposal, I wouldn't even have seen 118, and whoever took over then would have had a chance to get somewhere. That would be the kind of thing that would make me quit.

Hoops Dynasty – College Basketball Sim Games - Team Profile

Sn.	Coach	Overall	Home	Road	Neutral	Conf	Rank	RPI	SOS	Prestige	Notes
127	wronoj	1-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	11	0	0	-
126	wronoj	20-10	7-2	11-6	2-2	11-5		42	51	A	NT At-large Bid NT (Sweet 16)
125	wronoj	19-12	7-5	12-5	0-2	7-9		52	42	A-	PI (Final Four)
124	wronoj	23-8	8-1	12-5	3-2	11-5		19	26	A-	NT At-large Bid NT (1st Round)
123	wronoj	19-14	5-5	11-8	3-1	7-9		48	35	A-	PI Champion
122	wronoj	14-15	6-2	7-12	1-1	8-8		75	67	A-	PI (1st Round)
121	wronoj	18-11	4-5	13-4	1-2	8-8		58	56	A-	NT At-large Bid NT (1st Round)
120	wronoj	19-10	6-3	12-5	1-2	10-6		47	57	A-	NT At-large Bid NT (1st Round)
119	wronoj	22-7	9-1	12-4	1-2	12-4		31	75	B+	Conf Champion NT At-large Bid NT (1st Round)
118	wronoj	19-11	7-4	11-6	1-1	9-7		53	56	B+	PI (2nd Round)
117	wronoj	19-14	4-6	13-6	2-2	8-8		76	80	B	PI (Championship Game)
116	wronoj	20-11	9-2	10-8	1-1	10-6		50	63	B-	PI (3rd Round)
115	wronoj	11-16	3-5	8-10	0-1	6-10		143	133	C+
114	wronoj	8-19	3-10	5-8	0-1	4-12		212	122	B-
113	ldjvjr	2-25	2-11	0-13	0-1	1-15		302	130	B-
112	ldjvjr	23-10	11-4	10-4	2-2	8-8		47	52	B	PI (Championship Game)
111	ldjvjr	19-11	9-5	9-5	1-1	7-9		112	176	C+	PI (2nd Round)