Not to beat a dead horse, but with the recruiting news there's been a lot of "we still aren't at rock bottom" comments coming from a lot of people. To get a clear picture...ignore all the personality problems, "culture" crap, Dino/Skip bashing, and the rest that people are now addicted to ad nauseum and just look at expectations and the bball program plan.
Wellman wanted someone to "coach up" players with high character and win. He was willing to wait to see something productive, but not wait indefinitely as many on here seem to believe. Bz was hired to do that. Bz's plan (not Wellman's) was a complete program tear down and rebuild. That pitch had to have included a faster recovery off the bottom to get to Wellman's original expectations for success. That means at some point in time, Bz has to match or surpass a normal coaching transition......even though he really didn't form the base until last year when other normal transitions would have started in year 1 and 2.
Why the late start? Here's why... Because Wellman set no performance expectations. Remember this quote from our idiot AD. "Jeff has done everything he's been asked to do." Wellman got what he asked for - NOTHING.
Bz has to produce this year in a big way or he's gone. He had to have set a higher bar with his high standards and such, which comes out at times in his interviews with Dan. All this caterwauling that Wellman is going to keep him forever is really baseless and just fear. A higher bar means higher expectations despite the lack of success. I don't buy into the notion of a lower bar, I think Wellman was just willing to wait a little longer for the turnaround than many on here and wasn't going to apply that expectation bar until later as well. But that bar still exists.
Weren't you saying last year was it. If he didn't perform he was going to be gone LAST YEAR... Was that you?
So IMO we bottomed in Bz year 2. The recovery was slowed because of recruiting problems but Bz pitched a BETTER solution for success and set expectations high that he could coach up the player he could recruit. He has to have success this year based on those expectations. If he does, then recruiting will uptick because of the success. If not, he'll be replaced going into next year and we'll have a new coach with a very strong base to work with and recruiting will uptick. EITHER WAY....things must improve going forward (assuming a good coach is hired but that's another discussion).
You need to see if you can get that Kool-Aid stain off of your upper lip.
If Bz didn't have such a negative/bland personality and hadn't alienated the fan-base with Dino/Skip bashing.... another season like last year might be tolerated, but I think that shortened the leash and Wellman will pull the plug if we don't see a lot of success this year.
Just my 0.02.