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Message: [QUOTE="FfldCntyFan, post: 4251849, member: 71"] My question wasn't "how did Sampson do in his first four years at Houston?", I know what Sampson did. What I really want to see is how detractors on the Boneyard will spin or excuse one side while criticizing the other. The first three seasons for each were eerily similar (a strong argument could be made that Hurley did better in each, especially the NCAA vs NIT year three) with the year four difference being entirely a round one win by Houston in a very close game against SD State. Yes, making the tournament each of the next four seasons, winning at least one game with a final four and two additional sweet sixteens is a hell of an accomplishment (JC can claim having done this only once, 2003-2006) but a lot of the criticism being cast at Hurley may be a bit premature. On further review: if Hurley's first three years were six games under .500; NIT; NIT; many here would have called for his head the entirety of last spring and summer. [/QUOTE]