re: Pete Thamel: Calipari to Arkansas a done deal

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That's part of the point. It's very much about the trend.

In the last five seasons he's never made it past the round of 32 with one of the most perennially talented teams in the country.

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And it is what it is. At some point, players also have to be held accountable. See Arkansas this year and last year. Very talented rosters, but for whatever reasons the players did not do their part.

The guy has a proven track record and likely still has 5-10 years of coaching left in him. He has taken 3 different programs to Final Fours. Won a title at Kentucky.

At Arkansas, he isnt going to get lambasted by not making a Final Four every year. Do Arkansas fans want a Final Four? Sure, but not making one every season isnt going to have fans screaming for his job.

See Matt Painter as an example...He has been at Purdue for 19 seasons...8 of those seasons he did not get past the second round...Do you think their fans care about that this morning? Absolutely not. After the 2015-16 season, Purdue could have sent him packing after 11 seasons of pretty mediocre post season success...or missing the post season all together...

So saying a coach is done after having lackluster tournament draws/games the last few years is pretty short sighted...