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Message: [QUOTE="Phil, post: 2144730, member: 66"] As with many articles, there are some things that are praiseworthy and others that are head scratching. Others have noted some of the head scratching comments but I want to talk about this one: [I]Geno Auriemma came to UConn in 1985, and didn’t win a national title until ten years later. Coaches today get five or six years tops to make anything happen, or they’re gone. [/I] To start with, it's journalistically sloppy. She notes that it took Geno 10 years to win a national title and then contrast that to the present day where coaches only get five or six years to make something happen. If I were to point out how many coaches have been around five or six years without a national championship, she would respond that "make anything happen" doesn't necessarily mean a national championship. But she used a national championship to come up with a 10 year period. UConn was an the final four in 1991 six years later. If coaches have five or six years to get to the final four, Geno met that goal so the suggestion that Geno got a longer period of time than today is flawed. I don't disagree that coaches may be on a shorter leash today than they used to be. I'd argue that this is a good thing. In years past, the view of many schools was that they should work hard to get national prominence for the men's program but who really cares about the women's program? I think it is a good sign the schools is showing evidence of caring about women's programs which inevitably means cutting loose coaches who are unable to perform. However, expecting women's programs to perform is one thing, expecting something like a final four in five or six years is something else. There are 132 Division I coaches, still in their position, who were hired prior to the 2012–13 season. If you have final four appearances on the resume but most do not. A handful might be on the hot seat but the suggestion that most of these coaches are about to get fired is ludicrous. If you would like to argue that coaches are on a shorter leash than they used to be, do some homework and provide some evidence. The claim made in this article is just simply nonsense. [/QUOTE]

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