I'm enjoying the new spin from the Fire Manning folks - that Bz beating Duke, UNC and State in his 4th year was somehow a better measuring stick of success than Manning making the tournament in year 3. Nevermind the fact that only Duke would end the season as a ranked team that year of those 3, or that those 3 ACC wins were half of our total ACC wins that year cementing a 4th year of zero postseason invites of any kind, and that no players left early or were even a threat to leave early, and that no impact players were on the way into the program for year 5.
But yeah, those were the good old days. Not beating #8 Louisville and winning our first round ACC tournament game, and not getting named on Selection Sundfy finally after so many years of not even sniffing the bubble. We just miss those meaningless wins during god-awful years.
The problem is that there is an argument that can be made. That should not be the case in year 4.
I would never willingly go back to the BZaster days but that does not mean we should close our eyes to what is happening now. Manning has a lot to improve on as a coach. He gets next year, but if things do not appear to be headed in a completely different direction from this year, it would be foolish just keep "waiting til next year".