That being the case, a debate has been raging in the Minnesota sports press between those who feel that Minnesota is doing "well enough" under Tubby and not likely to do any better under anybody else. It isn't ever going to become an elite Big Ten men's basketball team and Tubby is good enough. With still more passion, those who support firing Smith are not happy with "good enough" and want to see Minnesota take its basketball program to that next level where winning Big Ten seasons and NCAA berths are givens.
It could be years before fans in Minnesota learn whether firing Coach Smith was a good move or dumb one (or somewhere in between).
In any event, the whole situation has its parallels in many mainline churches today. In times of declining membership, attendance, and resources, churches frequently make do with "good enough," especially when it comes to leadership and what is expected of leaders. Make do. Cut corners. Go with the flow. In sum, settle for good enough. In some situations, good enough has to be good enough, but in others good enough is deadly. It allows a downward spiral to continue when it need not. In still other cases, there is the possibility of a new church growing out of the ashes of a dying congregation, smaller and with fewer resources but not tied to a building and a dying program—a church with a new vision and a new calling. Often enough, then, "good enough" is worse than no good at all. Amen.
