stuff? What job in the real world do you get where you get a free pass for the first year, unless you've inherited a long-term mess? No first-year manager or director gets a pass: oh, it's the first year, no worries. It's about improvement and it's conditional on what was happening when you came on. Barry walked into a very successful situation. His job is to continue it. This is not a long-term rebuild. This is not Iowa St.