How many years should a coach on average be given to be successful ?

Yep. You need about that much time for a coach to get his players in and establish his system.

 

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By year 3 there has to be some measurable improvement and by year 4 he should have his team in the playoffs.

 

it totally depends on the team the coach has.

for a team like miami with lbj, wade and bosh...nothing more than 2 seasons to get some sort of success. Although personally i feel its hard for a coach to implement his/her system in 2 years, but for such a talented team..somebody had to be the blame for failing and the coach is the easiest target.

as so many have i said..3-4 years seems to be like a good time frame to get something fruitful.

 

3 or 4 seasons.

 

Obviously, it depends upon the sport and circumstance. Given a team that's rebuilding, I would say four years is plenty. In college or pro. By that time, you should have enough of "your" players that you can be critiqued on your work and not the work of someone's leftovers.

Given a team that is built for success now, and is on the verge already, I say two and a half years to see some good improvement. Maybe not playoffs, but at least some good headway made towards the postseason. After three years, in this situation, no playoffs should be the end of the line.

If you take over a playoff team, I say you should have one year to a year and a half. I say this because, sometimes, depending on how good the team actually is, if you miss the playoffs the first year, this should be fine.

In college, I think you need a minimum of three. Otherwise, it's just unfair. See: Turner Gill at Kansas. Team has been struggling, but it's just his first year. Give him two more years, and in my opinion, you have a top 25 team.

 

Arent they all "superstars"?? Should they make an impact right away?!?!?

 

2-5 years for an annually-historically bad program or team (franchise). Lower end with no significant improvement . . . High end with improvement and a few playoff appearances.

1-3 years for a perennial powerhouse, annual playoff/tournament/bow team, or above average franchise. Lower end for a team with very high expectations and a quality roster of players with possible superstars on the team. Higher end, if the team is going deep into playoffs and competing for titles.

 

Whatever the case, Kubiak has had long enough.. It's starting to creep up on Adelman too..

 

3 years, if they havent done anything, then he should get fired.
but if they got an achievement (even if its little) they got 2 more years, to get 5 in total.

 

I think if by the second year the team's record falls to catastrophic levels like having under 20 wins (NBA), the coach is gone by the 3rd.

 

You bring in a coach to improve your team, if he doesn't then he should be gone. Simple as that!