Keep seeing this notion that Cuonzo has been mediocre at MU

Posted on: October 28, 2021 at 10:29:53 CT

Frank Haith is a mediocre coach. In 7 years at Miami he won 56% of his games overall and 38% of his ACC games and once made the NCAA tourney, and in 7 years at Tulsa he has won 59% of his games overall and 60% of his AAC games and once made the tourney. He is the very definition of mediocre D1 coach. When given the opportunity to coach at MU he won 63% of his games overall and 63% of his conference games. Despite inheriting a situation where his entire roster basically turned over after year 1 and there was no initial recruiting class, in his third season he only won 23 games so we pushed him out as inadequate.

Mike Anderson is another definition of a mediocre coach. In 8 seasons at Arkansas he won 62% of his games overall and 55% of his conference games and made the NCAA tourney 3 times, and at St. Johns he has won 56% of his games overall and 41% of his conference games and has yet to make the NCAA tourney. Again, plainly mediocre. When given the chance to coach at MU he won 66% of his games overall and 54% of his conference games (this is skewed due to the initial rebuilding seasons) and after rebuilding the program made the NCAA tourney each year.

To date Cuonzo has been considerably below mediocre. We are aspiring to rise to that level despite no real evidence that suggests it is attainable. The real shock is how low expectations have gotten, to where the types of seasons we now hope for but realize are likely out of our grasp were such a short time ago deemed failure. Cuonzo hasn't been as terrible as Kim, but he has not been mediocre either.

Edited by FIJItiger at 10:41:08 on 10/28/21