The timing of Tubby Smith's firing and HBO's UCLA documentary could not have been worst. Across the country sports radio personalities independently and concurrently made the connection between the number of years Wooden coached UCLA before his first championship (16) and the amount of time today's coaches are given before they are canned. For about a week I heard, "by today's standards John Wooden would have been fired years before his 10 championships" about 923874 times. I would like to know how many other aspects of the 1948 version of basketball are compared to the 2007 version of basketball. Some how the patiences of fans is the only constant in the game. That is one reason I found SI's article details the small group coaches who should "be expected to win right away" so interesting. The other (real) reason is is that our boy Turgeon is on their list of instant winners. Our stacked lineup (Joe, DJ, Kirk, Carter) and Turgeon's perceived ability is projecting us to into the Sweet 16 again. No pressure coach.