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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 5701757, member: 40"]
It's not ALL about number crunching, but let's not be naiive -- you are what the numbers say you are.

And we're coming off of a multi-year stretch where the program's performance isn't just taking on water, we're about to sink and capsize.

Every team we play of quality beats us by double digits -- and last time I checked, score was also about numbers.

So do the metrics paint the full picture?  No, but when one team is at the top of the national rankings in a bunch of important statistical categories, and the other is not, and one head coach is associated with a mentor that has his teams in the top 10 every year, and the other is associated with a head coach who oversaw a period of significant program decline -- yes, the numbers matter.  And should be considered.

Last time, the powers that be emphasized a largely irrelevant factor [ties to the program] over more important criteria, and allowed dysfunctional political nonsense to influence the choice of hire.

We need to be smarter this time.
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