When a head coach like Villanova's Jay Wright does something as remarkable as winning two national titles in three seasons, we like to draw lessons. Surely there must be something about how he coaches or the way he got to this point that spells success.
In that spirit, one point that's been suggested is that Wright would never even have survived this long if he'd been hired by the Wildcats 10 or 15 years later than he was. Wright was hired at Villanova in 2001 and compiled just a 52-46 record over his first three seasons.
Surely, in today's win-now-or-else culture, a three-year start like that would result in a pink slip, right?