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Message: [QUOTE="ivrytontusker, post: 2083035, member: 6648"] We're talking about a coach's success level in the finals -when they are playing other top teams- rather than a coach's overall winning %. So I'm not sure what the relevance of 'parity' is here. Also, even if parity is relevant, it is not clear that there [I]was[/I] parity in the men's game when, say, Dean Smith was coaching against (and losing to) UCLA in the 60s and 70s. Anyway, it sounds like there isn't much of a fundamental disagreement here. Nobody is going to challenge Geno and Pat's position vis-a-vis the other coaches; I think the main disagreement is about whether championships alone are the criteria we should look at when comparing Mulkey and McGraw. Once Geno retires and we enter a period that is [I]likely[/I] (although not certain) to be similar to UCLA post-Wooden (winning 1 title from 1976-present after winning 10 titles from 1964-75) maybe people in CT will start thinking of Final Four appearances as significant again. [/QUOTE]