[Roberton3]

...even an N.IT championship next year, for example -- which launched Monty's successful trajectory back then -- will be summarily dismissed by everyone as a complete failure.

Oh, come on.  We get it: you think everyone else except you has unrealistic expectations.  But what you said here is ridiculous.  I obviously don't speak for everyone here, but as far as I'm concerned, an NIT championship next year wouldn't be a bad outcome at all, and would be far from a complete failure.

Yes, given the program Dawkins inherited, an NIT championship was a failure.  But thanks to the damage that the Dawkins era has done, his successor will inherit a much weaker program.  And from that starting point, an NIT championship isn't a bad first year.

[Roberton3]

...even an N.IT championship next year, for example -- which launched Monty's successful trajectory back then -- will be summarily dismissed by everyone as a complete failure.

Oh, come on.  We get it: you think everyone else except you has unrealistic expectations.  But what you said here is ridiculous.  I obviously don't speak for everyone here, but as far as I'm concerned, an NIT championship next year wouldn't be a bad outcome at all, and would be far from a complete failure.

Yes, given the program Dawkins inherited, an NIT championship was a failure.  But thanks to the damage that the Dawkins era has done, his successor will inherit a much weaker program.  And from that starting point, an NIT championship isn't a bad first year.