[DC 86]

[quote author=CompSci87 link=topic=18198.msg215477#msg215477 date=1511902713]
COY usually is the coach whose team most exceeded expectations.

Yep, as it should be. OSU was 5-15 the year before, so won 6 more matches than the year before. That's an awfully big turnaround, more than doubling the conference win total, including a season sweep over Washington. Stanford was 15-5 last year, so we won 4 more matches than last year, and probably at most only a match or two more than expected.
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COY is impossible to assess objectively, and certainly both Oregon State's and Stanford's coaches must have done a good job, but I would argue that improving from 15-5 to 19-1 is more impressive (and less common) than improving from 5-15 to 11-9.

[DC 86]

[quote author=CompSci87 link=topic=18198.msg215477#msg215477 date=1511902713]
COY usually is the coach whose team most exceeded expectations.

Yep, as it should be. OSU was 5-15 the year before, so won 6 more matches than the year before. That's an awfully big turnaround, more than doubling the conference win total, including a season sweep over Washington. Stanford was 15-5 last year, so we won 4 more matches than last year, and probably at most only a match or two more than expected.
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COY is impossible to assess objectively, and certainly both Oregon State's and Stanford's coaches must have done a good job, but I would argue that improving from 15-5 to 19-1 is more impressive (and less common) than improving from 5-15 to 11-9.