How many things are “provable” on sports forums? Essentially nothing.
The difference between Mullin and Anderson is a relatively small one. My issue — and the motivation behind my nonstop trolling lately — is how ridiculous and irrational the Anderson supporters are. He’s not Pete Carril. He’s never been known as an Xs and Os guy. In fact, it’s always been quite the oppsite. He tries to make games ugly and frenetic.
He’s a good coach. He’s got a philosophy I can get behind. He has the benefit of decades of coaching experience that our last coach didn’t. But he’s flawed. He was just fired. Our fans can’t do middle ground, though. We have a messiah complex as a fan base.
For such an educated guy you should be able to add and subtract. Mullin’s record wasn’t kind of bad. It was one of the worst in conference history. Not many guys are worse. That is provable.
But it’s hard to be worse because when you are a coach that loses so many games by such big margins you get fired. Last, 8th, tied for last and 7th place gets you shit canned!
Now if you look at coach Anderson’s record, he never came close to last place. He has a WINNING conference record at 3 schools. That’s why he has a job. That’s why he was given another chance.
Better comparisons for Mullin. Jerry wainwright, Oliver purnel, and our own norm Roberts.