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[QUOTE="Sherman20, post: 5371870, member: 6357"]
But you are moving the goalposts on what I’m saying. I’m not implying there wasn’t a clear backslide. I said as much. I’m just pointing out that it’s not like we were some irrelevant has-been program in the 2015-21 era, as some posters are implying when they say the sky is falling, that we won’t be able to back to our former great heights with a new coach, and that fans won’t remember when we were an elite relevant program. We had taken a step back during that 6-year era, for sure, and were no longer a regular top 25 program. But we were still making a ton of noise, especially in March when it matters most and millions more eyes are focused on college basketball. A Final Four and two Sweet 16s in a six year period is remarkable for many programs and put us squarely in the national spotlight. I’m mystified that anyone would be “meh” about those accomplishments. It’s taken some programs years to get over that hump. For almost a decade in the 70s and 80s, we used to complain that JB couldn’t get the monkey off his back and make it to second weekend of the tourney. It took a storied program like Purdue 44 years to even make it back to a Final Four. Since 2022, we’ve been a mess and I won’t deny that. We need a Rick Pitino like splash hire to get us back to relevancy.
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