I frankly have been checked out of hoops for most of the past decade (I was in the Haas when we beat #1 Arizona in 2013, the last meaningful game I can really remember attending), and even though it's been quite a while since we have been thought about playing games in March (and I am not expecting us there soon anyway), what can we actually expect in terms of turnaround time with this program, I have no idea what NIL/transfer portal means in the realm of college hoops, but when Fox is gone, could we maybe get back into contention within a season or two if the hire is right, or is it going to take several seasons of crawling out of this?

My stretch (optimistic) timeline: NIT or CBI (over .500) next year, bubble team year after that, contender for 3/4 in conference + regular NCAA team in years after that

My reasonable timeline: Improvement to 14-16 total wins next year, NIT/CBI team year after that aka 20 or so wins, bubble tournament team 3rd year, tournament team yr 4 and beyond

My pessimistic, Knowlton keeps managing the program, we hire Tim Miles timeline: I stop watching Cal basketball

I mentioned in another thread that getting close to 20 wins at San Jose is pretty decent but Miles based on his previous stops would definitely take a handful of years to get us to NCAA contention and at 56 years old he doesn't have a lot of treads left on his tires, so yeah that won't push the needle.

As Mike Montgomery said, it goes way beyond just replacing a coach. If the administration doesn't take steps to actually support the program, we won't be competitive. I gave up following Cal BB after Martin left. It is fun to follow Jayden Brown and the Celtics though.

"I frankly have been checked out for most of the past decade."