PoconoPony wrote:Seaton Hall fires coach after 4 years because record in Big East is not good enough. St. Johns fires baskettball coach after 5 years because he does not have good enough record in Big East and cannot recruit NYC. Both had very competitive teams with reasonable records in rebuilding programs; however, losing too many games in Big East despite losing many by less than 5 points was not deemed sufficient progress.
For those situations (and others), declining attendance was the straw that broke the camel's back.