a. Then what are you advocating? If that is not it, what is the purpose of the dialogue?
b. There are over 300 teams in NCAA Women's Basketball. Isn't making it to the top 8 (or top 16) at least to the second tier? I'll bet there are about 333 teams out there that would think so.
c. Admittedly, going from Elite eight in 2017 to Sweet 16 is not "advancing", but there are a lot of schools who would be happy to contend for Sweet 16, Elite 8 participation every year. You don't think Texas should "settle" for this, and I can't argue against that. Somehow, after following the lynchmobs that went after Mack and Rick, and then seeing the aftermath of Strong and Smart, I tend to want to move a little slower. An Elite 8 next year would keep me happy with Aston (but, hey, that's just me).
By the way, I am not saying that it wasn't time to make a change with either Mack or Rick, but I've been around long enough to have endured Akers, McWilliams and Mackovic, so I know that "doing better" is a crap shoot. Finding head coaching crown jewels has not been Texas' administration's forte.