Quote Originally Posted by smootness View Post
No, what I'm saying is that even if Ray falls on his face, making a change at HC was still the right move. With Stans, we know what the ceiling was - being pretty good and missing the NCAA Tournament or perhaps barely sneaking in. If that is good enough for you as the ceiling of the program, then fine. That's not good enough for the large majority of the fanbase.

Whether Ray was the right hire is a completely different discussion. But again, even if Ray falls on his face, the decision to remove Stans was the right one because it gave us a chance to improve our ceiling. Even if it doesn't work out in the immediate future, we will still have that chance. As long as Stans stayed, that ceiling wasn't going to budge.
I see what you're saying. I just haven't bought into the idea that "we knew what our ceiling was" with Stans. He took us right to the edge of the mountaintop on multiple occasions. You've got to be there to have a chance. And I haven't totally given up on Ray. I do think this situation was badly botched by our athletic department and I wonder why all the blame is going to Ray and not to the people in the office that created the situation. I'm not an insider, but it looks like the move was made so that it could be quickly disposed of with a lower priority going to the actual result of the action.