If you pick and choose pieces of information to support a desired outcome, you'll always make a convincing argument that supports your desired outcome.
I would argue a university and AD should never make decisions by picking and choosing bits of information from a much larger pool of history and sample. That just wouldn't make sense, and it would be stupid to do when also considering the broad landscape of college basketball and the economic realities of Long Island.
Some additional and important broad facts are:
In his third year Boals arguably overachieved with pretty weak rosters his first two years. Let's face it, when Pikiell left the cupboard was pretty bare. Here in his third year (the first year one might argue was the first one you can assess as a mostly Boals team) he won the most regular-season games in SBU D1 history. Sure, argue about the performances and quality of opponents, but the final number doesn't lie. How many D1 teams won 24 or more games this year? 50 or so, I think. That is just, flat out, a pretty good result for SBU. If Boals is, indeed, best buds with all the players and not their coach (I don't think that's at all true, but let's say it is) then I would say being best buds must work as a strategy to get some good results!
The Stony Brook area is expensive, and frankly not a lot of people from other parts of the country are clamoring to move here (I know as I am regularly on hiring committees for academic positions in the area). Add to that, in the broad context of D1 college basketball the AE (and SBU) doesn't pay well, and the conference ranks among the lowest in the country. Right now the reality is the AE is a first stop for serious head coaches. We were lucky to have Pikiell for as long as we did, and if we have Boals for 5-10 years I'd guess we'll be pretty lucky with him, too.
Now, I am not going to suggest that the loss to Bing was not disappointing/embarrassing. In fact, in the days after I was thinking, quite frankly, that may have been the most embarrassing SBU loss I can think of in recent memory...maybe ever? I mean, sure, those numerous letdowns in previous conference tournaments were disappointing, but to lose that game to that team at home was bad.
And, yeah, it stings, but plenty of other "good" coaches and programs have lost high-stakes games. Virginia got embarrassed last year, for sure. Duke lost embarrassing NCAA tournament games as a high seed to Lehigh and Mercer. It happens. Thing is, too, as much as we'd like to think otherwise--there is not much separation of talent among AE teams and rosters. After the Power Five teams get all the blue chips, and then all the other higher-quality conferences and teams skim off the rest of the low 4/3/high 2 star players, pretty much every AE team is scrambling to pick through the great mass of 2 star players left. I know SBU (and UVM) fans like to think they're a whole lot better than the other teams, but they're really not.
So.... let's just say after this season and taking into account a few bits of information you as the AD and university are firm in your conviction to fire Coach Boals. You demand results, and even though a lot of markers from the season are pretty good and your guy has only been here three years, you will simply not accept failure at any point.
Okay, so what's the word about SBU that spreads among the tight-knit coaching community: Uproot your family to move to really expensive Long Island and coach SBU for low pay in a $h!t conference, oh and if you win the most games in school history but lose a couple of games we think you should win you're out the door, buddy. Fired!
Hey, good luck finding your next coach and building your program. I'd say that is a stupid way to do business, all things considered.