Quote Originally Posted by Political Hack View Post
any school that's not measuring their success on tournament success does not understand the payoff or investment in college basketball. it's all TOURNAMENT. That's when the world tunes in. If you're too thick to understand that, you don't belong in athletics.

I'm a little dumfounded some of the guys I consider to be smarter-sports-wise on this board would think otherwise.
There's a difference between understanding that ultimately you want tournament success and evaluating on it. If there is a long trend over time, that's one thing. But again, it's a crapshoot. Do you evaluate the level of a poker player on how far they advance in the WSOP Main Event? More extreme example, but the same principle applies.

Anyone who is trying to evaluate a coach's ability to run a program and starts with, 'What did they do in the NCAA Tournament?' is doing it wrong, especially for a place like VCU. I promise you the best don't look at it that way.

Of course, all of this ignores that placing a heavier emphasis on Tournament success HELPS Smart.