Results should be measured in two ways. Wins and loses obviously being the first, but one must also consider the AD financial impact as well.
In most cases there is a strong correlation between these two.
Pearl was hired to put butts in the seats. He was told to revive the program. We have a big basketball facility and it's big money when it fills up. We'd had decent winning percentages in the past, but the curtain still hung in the upper deck.
He's been a marketing machine and his pay is based on the financial impact he's had on the AD bottom line. During his tenure attendance has gone up about 7,000 butts per home game. Those people are not sitting there because of Dane Bradshaw, Chris Lofton, and Tyler Smith. We've had far better players in recent years.