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Right, well, a lot of good that did us (in the short-term)*. The real question is, do you have faith in Muir? Given his previous reluctance to fire Dawkins, I'm not psyched about him leading a coaching search.

* (I mean, obviously, "let's fire a terrible coach and replace him with a coach delivering the worst season in school history so we can replace him with an all-time great coach" is not a sustainable strategy.)

I would think that "willingness to fire a coach" and "ability to hire a good coach" are pretty orthogonal skills.  It is certainly possible that someone could be overly patient with a coach before showing him (or her) the door, but nails the subsequent coaching hire.  Conversely, it is easy to envision someone who has a quick trigger for firing coaches, and then screws up the subsequent search (I am thinking, for example, of the late Al Davis).  Indeed, having patience may help land a better coach because he can be sold on the fact that he won't have to worry about being fired at the drop of a hat.

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[BostonCard]

Right, well, a lot of good that did us (in the short-term)*. The real question is, do you have faith in Muir? Given his previous reluctance to fire Dawkins, I'm not psyched about him leading a coaching search.

* (I mean, obviously, "let's fire a terrible coach and replace him with a coach delivering the worst season in school history so we can replace him with an all-time great coach" is not a sustainable strategy.)

I would think that "willingness to fire a coach" and "ability to hire a good coach" are pretty orthogonal skills.  It is certainly possible that someone could be overly patient with a coach before showing him (or her) the door, but nails the subsequent coaching hire.  Conversely, it is easy to envision someone who has a quick trigger for firing coaches, and then screws up the subsequent search (I am thinking, for example, of the late Al Davis).  Indeed, having patience may help land a better coach because he can be sold on the fact that he won't have to worry about being fired at the drop of a hat.

BC