I totally agree with you. His record in the tournament is unbelievable and his record in O.T. and in 1-goal games in the tournament speaks for itself. By the way, Tierney's 3 best coaching jobs ever, IMHO, are as follows:

1992-Yes, Princeton had great players like David Morrow, Andy Moe, Justin Tortolani, Kevin Lowe, and Scott Bacigalupo. However, they beat North Carolina, who was loaded, in the Semifinals and Syracuse, 10-9 in Double Overtime. IMHO, that 1992 Syracuse team was the best team ever to not win a title. They had Jamie Archer, Matt Riter, and Tom Marachek on attack. They had Charlie Lockwood, Roy Colsey, and Dom Fin at midfield. They had Ric Beardsley, Reggie Thorpe, John Winship, and a guy named Tully on defense. They had Chris Surran in the goal. They had Roy Simmons, Jr. and John Desko as coaches. However, Tierney ran his trademark methodical offense and rock solid defense brilliantly. Believe it or not, Princeton actually outshot Syracuse in that game!

2001-Princeton had talent with players like Trevor Tierney, Ryan Boyle, Matt Striebel, B.J. Prager, and Ryan Mollett. However, they were still not nearly as talented and athletic as Syracuse, who was led by freshman Michael Powell. Just like in 1992, Tierney ran his style of play brilliantly and came away with a 10-9 O.T. win once again.

2000-This, IMHO, was Tierney's best coaching job ever. Princeton came into the Final Four with a very young team. In fact, many of the regulars were freshman and sophmores. Their opponent was a loaded Virginia team, who was led by Conor Gill, Jay Jalbert, and Ryan Curtis. Princeton had almost no business winning this game. In fact, when Virginia jumped out to a 4-goal lead late in the game, people were already getting fired up for a Virginia-Syracuse rematch in the title game. However, Princeton made an unbelievable comeback and won the game by 1. TIERNEY OUTCOACHED STARSIA SO BADLY THAT DAY IT WASN'T EVEN FUNNY! Even though Princeton lost to Syracuse 2 days later, just getting Princeton to the title game was unbelievable!