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Message: [QUOTE="sufandu, post: 38481, member: 874"] I think you see where the program is trending after 5 years or so and no sooner. Coach P was fired not because he had 1 losing season and flirted with .500 in his last, but because the program was in a definite downward trend. It was obvious in retrospect that it started in '99 but noone would've known for sure until a few years after. Every team will have blips and those need to be set aside. The '93 and '94 seasons were bad blips in the midst of success. The '01 season was a good blip in the midst of decline. Overall the trending at the end of P's tenure was obvious and we need to give Marrone at least 5 years and maybe longer to see where it's going. [/QUOTE]