Why do people keep insisting that UCLA fans are unrealistic and that the pressure inherent in the UCLA Basketball head coaching position outweighs the opportunities for success?
The elite tier in the history of this sport consists of five programs: North Carolina, Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, and UCLA.** None of those other programs would tolerate a Steve Lavin or a Steve Alford. None of them would be scoffed at for parting ways with coaches that consistently underperform and fail to develop talent. No one would tell Kentucky or North Carolina to be happy with the Sweet Sixteen and the occasional missed tournament.