There is a large percentage of fans who understand Lavin took over a program in shambles, and had to start from scratch, and Rome was not built in a day. Respect has to be earned. We are relevant again, after ten plus years of failure. Just because the same few posters keep banging the fire Lavin drum does not mean that that is the consensus among the larger fan base.
Actually most of the fan base does think that.
At this time, a year ago, a majority of the board wanted Lavin fired.
Further, of 100 respondents, only 30 said they wanted Lavin as the coach next season.
Stop acting like the majority of fans want to keep Lavin forever and ever. That's simply not true. Many are just rooting for this likeable class of seniors, but in the back of their minds, aren't too fond of Lavin.
And for good reason.
http://johnnyjungle.com/forum/index.php?topic=8476.0
http://johnnyjungle.com/forum/index.php?topic=8466.msg185467#msg185467
Nope. Unless someone just voted, it looks like a majority wanted him to stay at this time last year, and that was when they had just lost 4/5 in a row to open up big east play.
The other poll asks if you would rather have lavin or shaka smart, among other things, which isn't really the same, because of course we would rather have guys like Donovan or even Smart. That doesn't mean those same people want lavin fired, because Smart probably isn't attainable, and even if he was the administration would probably screw it up. Plus, 3 people in that poll said they would rather have a guy with a 7-13 record at USF, so we probably shouldn't put much weight in what they say.