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This whole mess started when Dean retired. The administration decided to give the job to Coach Gut (deservedly so) and the timing of Gut's retirement was bad for everyone in the "family" except Doherty. Brown and Karl were too happy in the NBA, Williams had just gotten two studs (Collison and Hinrich), Phil Ford was just coming off of a DUI situation and had no head coaching experience.
I don't think it's about wins and losses. Doherty took a young, unproven team and won the preseason NIT, suffered through a couple of tough breaks in the regular season and managed to win a couple games in the postseason NIT. In the end, Doherty fell victim to being a young coach in over his head.
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