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So if 4 years is not enough to show you can win, you're saying Bradley shouldn't have fired Geno Ford? 
There are lots of coaches who are fired after 4 years of losing, some even sooner.
Moser's record at ISU was terrible- 10-19, 17-13, 9-19, 15-16. 3 losing seasons out of 4, and 2 in a row before he was fired. And his MVC record was even worse- 4-14, 8-10, 4-14, 6-12- 4 horrible losing seasons, including 2 last place finishes and one next-to-last place finish in the MVC. You don't think by year 4 he should have been better than 6-12 in the MVC (1 game out of last place)? ISU fans and their AD rightfully did. That last season, he had all those same players you claim were responsible for winning the next year, yet Moser couldn't do better than one game out of last place in the MVC. Jankovich came in and his first year with the same players won 25 games, the most wins in ISU history. I'd say it was a pretty good move. There is absolutely nothing that suggests Moser would have somehow miraculously turned into a great coach overnight and done better with those same players. In fact, the evidence suggests the opposite, that he would have underachieved, like he did his other 4 years there.
A lot of smart basketball people think Moser was constantly outcoached and beaten by teams with less talent.
Moser should thank the ISU AD. Because he was fired when he was (2007), he happened to be offered a spot on the new staff of first year head coach Rick Majerus at St. Louis. That would not have happened if he was not fired that year. Even Moser talks constantly about and attributes his experience with Majerus as the greatest influence on him becoming a better coach.
There are lots of coaches who are fired after 4 years of losing, some even sooner.
Moser's record at ISU was terrible- 10-19, 17-13, 9-19, 15-16. 3 losing seasons out of 4, and 2 in a row before he was fired. And his MVC record was even worse- 4-14, 8-10, 4-14, 6-12- 4 horrible losing seasons, including 2 last place finishes and one next-to-last place finish in the MVC. You don't think by year 4 he should have been better than 6-12 in the MVC (1 game out of last place)? ISU fans and their AD rightfully did. That last season, he had all those same players you claim were responsible for winning the next year, yet Moser couldn't do better than one game out of last place in the MVC. Jankovich came in and his first year with the same players won 25 games, the most wins in ISU history. I'd say it was a pretty good move. There is absolutely nothing that suggests Moser would have somehow miraculously turned into a great coach overnight and done better with those same players. In fact, the evidence suggests the opposite, that he would have underachieved, like he did his other 4 years there.
A lot of smart basketball people think Moser was constantly outcoached and beaten by teams with less talent.
Moser should thank the ISU AD. Because he was fired when he was (2007), he happened to be offered a spot on the new staff of first year head coach Rick Majerus at St. Louis. That would not have happened if he was not fired that year. Even Moser talks constantly about and attributes his experience with Majerus as the greatest influence on him becoming a better coach.
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