Maybe I missed something, where did Royer have tournament success? We didn't win a conference championship while he was here that I remember. I am pretty old, maybe I forgot.
So Toman is a recruiter? Nothing else? I guess you can recruit your way to the playoffs and not be a decent coach?
It is very plausible to say that Al Worthington and Bobby Richardson were better recruiters. We had better top end players back then, for sure. You have to do both to be successful.
I agree that Tomlin was a very good coach and is a great guy. I agree that we could do better with our current staff and Toman should be held accountable for upgrading his staff, or suffer the consequences.
Still, getting back to the original argument, that Royer would definitely be better than Toman with the same facilities, is a ridiculous, unfounded statement. If you were friends with every player, staff member, etc that have ever played for both coaches, it is still a bogus statement. If all of my contacts, scouts, former players, etc. said the same thing, that would also be a ridiculous/bogus statement. No one will ever know that. It is an opinion, nothing more and is impossible to prove.
Finally, have you considered that former players, staff, etc. may have an agenda? I heard players that I played with, at all levels, lie quite often to cover up their shortcomings, poor play, not making the majors, etc. It can always be someone else's fault. The same for scouts, and others. It happens. Your hate for Toman is over the top. You and I have had discussions in the past about the situation. You can go back and see that I have only defended him in the recent past. We have not done as well in the last couple of years, so he has to do better, or he will lose the support of the AD and the Administration, in this case, that is all that matters. But those who continually hate on the guy and use such silly statements to back up their argument, is frankly comical and calls into question the veracity of their statements in other areas.