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Message: [QUOTE="Rooster C., post: 3860336, member: 10168"] [HEADING=3][/HEADING] Sometimes early success is misleading (winning with the recruits of the previous coach) and sometimes early "failure" is misleading (losing when the cupboard is left bare by the previous coach). When Nell Fortner took over at Auburn her first two years were mediocre (expected) followed by three seasons of 20+ winning seasons and improving tournament performance. The next three years were back to mediocrity. So is she a good coach or not? Or was it because her success coincided with the play of the great DeWanna Bonner? Agnus Berenato took over a terrible Pitt program in 2003. Losing seasons first two years followed by four 20+ win seasons (including two sweet 16 finishes) and then four years of worsening performance (winless in conference final two years). So does that make her a good coach or a bad coach? There are a lot of factors involved in turning around a program and with most P5 conferences having 5 or 6 talent-laden teams consistently at the top it is becoming increasingly difficult for a coach to turn around a program that quickly. [/QUOTE]