[Norm Peterson]

I liken Pitino to an Izzo.
Will coach 30 or 40 years, win a lot of games, and only have one or two championships to show for it.

IMHO, thats not success. I feel if your going to coach for 30 years you should be in the 7-8 range when your coaching powerhouse schools.
I think Cal will get three or four, which for 30 years isnt that good either, so in all, every coach can be considered a failure for the most part.

If that is the case then the only truly successful coach is John Wooden. Only 2 schools have 7-8 championships TOTAL. Let alone by one coach. There are over 300 D-I schools in basketball. To win 3-4 is a remarkable achievement given that the championships are decided in a 68 team, single elimination tournament. If they cut it down to 16 teams and did it in a playoff format I think you'd see coaches win 7-8 championships at a powerhouse program. The way it is it is just too hard to win them like that even when you have the best team.