Can’t find it, but somewhere I read that “Bill Self won 75% of his games and 4 tourney games at Tulsa.” Yet for some reason he left. And I’m thinking it wasn’t only money.
Really? Surely no one could produce results like that at a program without the history and fanbase of an Illinois.
You're still not even addressing the actual argument. Zero people have said it doesn't make sense to move to bigger/more high profile jobs.
What we were discussing, if you remember, is whether it makes sense to claim that one coach is 'comparable' - even better at X's and O's! - to another coach despite notably better results because of the history / fanbase / whatever of the program. It makes no sense, and isn't at all related to whether a coach would move from a mid-major to a high-major or a high-major to a blueblood. Calling a guy who won a lot at UNC 'comparable' to a guy who won notably less at Illinois doesn't make any sense, even though UNC is obviously the much bigger, more nationally relevant, etc. program.
Those moves aren't always about winning more either, by the way. Probably not even most of the time - surely they know at this point that moving from a mid-major where you've had quite a bit of national success to a high-major where the expectations are higher but there's no promises you will actually be able to compete is very risky. That's why more and more guys in 2023 are staying longer - sometimes even their whole careers - at mid-majors instead of jumping at the first major conference offer.
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