1. I’m a patient man.
2. I’m self-aware enough to recognize that I have far more patience with players, coaches, and teams than the average sports fan. Anyone who has visited this website for any length of time over the past 10 years that I’ve been here is, I’m sure, well aware of this.
3. I don’t leap to conclusions and don’t regularly make it a practice to demand firings or resignations or permanent benchings.
4. I believe in allowing coaches and players (and programs, for that matter) time to get themselves back on the right track, because downswings in performance are often circumstantial and not necessarily permanent.