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Re: NIT - washingtonismoney - 03-17-2013

I'm sure enthusiasm will be high -- Dawkins will be gunning to turn us into an NIT dynasty. How can one not be thrilled about this turn of events?

Re: NIT - 82lsju - 03-17-2013

(03-17-2013, 08:40 PM)washingtonismoney link Wrote:I'm sure enthusiasm will be high -- Dawkins will be gunning to turn us into an NIT dynasty. How can one not be thrilled about this turn of events?

so when was the last time a school won back-to-back NIT championships......if we win again this year maybe we can go for a three-peat next year..... ???

Re: NIT - Viking_Guy - 03-17-2013

Actually, not that long ago.  South Carolina in 2005 and 2006.

VG


Re: NIT - Leftcoast - 03-17-2013

I'm not happy with Muir's decision on Coach Dawkins but what's done is done and I ALWAYS want Stanford to win.  I'll be rooting for Stanford in the NIT and I hope and fully expect that all of the Cardboard is doing the same, correct?

My feelings on Coach Dawkins are mixed.  Unlike some past football coaches he is an honorable man who represents Stanford well and respects his players.  As far as I can tell he's played the recruiting game ethically, competed hard and, most importantly, his players graduate.

But .... Dawkins took over a team which consistently made the NCAAs and competed for conference championships and has done neither.  His system seems ill-fit for our school and our recruits.  In my mind after five years it was time to part ways.  I'm disappointed our AD came to a different conclusion. 

It's not in me to turn disappointment in that decision into bitterness toward either the coach or the team.  So, dang it, I hope Stanford wins the NIT again and I hope Muir proves us all wrong.  I'll be the first to admit I'm wrong if Dawkins turns the program around.  I'll root for him to do so.

(On the other hand, I'll be rooting from a couch while watching DirecTV (hopefully) rather than from my old seats at Maples.)

Re: NIT - Bruce Wang - 03-18-2013

Hey anybody want to fill out an NIT bracket and join my NIT pool?

Just kidding.  :P

>:( +  :(

Re: NIT - Farm93 - 03-18-2013

Ummmm, Go Stanford!

Re: NIT - FarmBoy - 03-18-2013

I guess the players could have voted with their feet (or mouths) by expressing displeasure to Muir and push for a change, but it sounds like the guys generally support Dawkins.

I have a hard time believing that the team's performance in the NIT will have any effect on Dawkin's position. Even if he wins the NIT again, without a trip to the NCAA next year, he'll be done. So count me among those rooting for the win.

Re: NIT - 76lsjumb - 03-18-2013

Stopped by the Ticket Office on my way to work this morning and got my ticket.  Lower Reserved, three rows back, virtually halfcourt line.  Not exactly the season ticket seats we had before the purge, but I can easily hit it from there with a popcorn kernel.  And, I get to wear my 2012 NIT Champions tee-shirt one more time...

Who's got it better than us?!  ::)

Re: NIT - oman - 03-18-2013

(03-17-2013, 11:36 PM)Leftcoast link Wrote:I'm not happy with Muir's decision on Coach Dawkins but what's done is done and I ALWAYS want Stanford to win. 

"What's done can never be undone." -- Ronny Cammareri

Re: NIT - 76lsjumb - 03-18-2013

(03-18-2013, 11:40 AM)garvin link Wrote:Is the NIT shirt prettier than your CBI runner-up shirt?

Speaking of the CBI, it appears perennial CBI favorite Oregon State isn't in this year.

Nor is TCU...

Re: NIT - Embo - 03-18-2013

(03-18-2013, 10:31 AM)FarmBoy link Wrote:I guess the players could have voted with their feet (or mouths) by expressing displeasure to Muir and push for a change

There was absolutely no way that could happen.  It would be suicide from an athletic standpoint for any player with eligibility remaining.

I remember reading this quote in November 2004 at the end of the football season:  "Don't worry, we'll handle this."  It was from the outgoing senior players to the underclassmen.  They were heading to Ted Leland to tell him that his Buddy wasn't cutting it and had to go.  If the underclassmen had approached Leland, and Leland opted to keep his Buddy (and there were rumors that he wanted to give him "just one more chance"), those players would have been blackballed for the rest of their careers for insubordination.

Put me down as another who thinks it's time for JD to go.  Going back to my days as an undergraduate, even though men's basketball was a perennial conference doormat, the marquee games (vs. c.a.l. and UCLA) were always sellouts.  And they always have been, until now.  It was quite a sight on TV - vs. c.a.l, there were entire upper sections that were vacant.  That's just a brutal statement fans are making.

Re: NIT - washingtonismoney - 03-18-2013

(03-18-2013, 02:08 PM)Embo link Wrote:There was absolutely no way that could happen.  It would be suicide from an athletic standpoint for any player with eligibility remaining.

Supposedly a band of football players took it upon themselves to threaten to transfer en masse to Duke if H.arris wasn't fired.

Re: NIT - fullmetal - 03-18-2013

The greatest leverage any student-athlete will have is with his/her donations to the athletic dept after graduation.  The AD will listen to donating alumni much more readily than s/he will current student-athletes.

Re: NIT - yvonne - 03-18-2013

I feel bad for the sports information department. The SID had to publicize the NIT as though making it back were some sort of accomplishment. I watched the postings on Facebook this morning trying to drum up support (likes) regarding the men's basketball team's post season destination. They have to make it look like a big deal when everyone knows we will end up as the No. 68 team, at best. A Mike Ferrari has written "consolation  :(," but he lack of any other follow up speaks even more loudly.

If Bernard Muir had been good at his job, he would have refrained from commenting, leaving his options open until the end of the season, whenever that might be. He could have simply said and done nothing, which would have resulted in few comments. Now, he has the wrath of fans coupled with a commitment to the coach (i.e. his word).

Re: NIT - washingtonismoney - 03-18-2013

(03-18-2013, 03:43 PM)garvin link Wrote:There was a star linebacker -- oddly, I think I remember his number, 55, but can't think of his name -- who quit the team in mid-season, though they lured him back the next day.

Michael Okwo. Was a third round draft pick by Chicago; spent three years in the league.

Steve Austin - wasn't he the $6,000,000 man? - 71Bear - 03-18-2013

If so, you guys might may have some problems defending him...

Re: NIT - Kathy - 03-18-2013

(03-18-2013, 03:43 PM)garvin link Wrote:By most accounts, Dawkins is a nice guy.

Isn't that what everyone said about Buddy Teevens?

Re: NIT - 76lsjumb - 03-18-2013

(03-18-2013, 08:51 PM)Kathy link Wrote:[quote author=garvin link=topic=7670.msg60193#msg60193 date=1363646624]
By most accounts, Dawkins is a nice guy.

Isn't that what everyone said about Buddy Teevens?
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Yes...especially after seeing Wlat. 

Hope we don't re-create that one-two punch again...

Re: NIT - Bruce Wang - 03-19-2013

Yeah Ted Leland overcompensated in his next act of nepotism.

In terms of Dawkins replacements, what do you think of Tommy Amaker?  Of course. this has the potential to be, best case (once again), a stepping stone to the Duke job once Mxtylplk finally retires.

Re: NIT - Spiny_Norman - 03-19-2013

(03-19-2013, 07:51 AM)garvin link Wrote:Six seasons at Michigan and the best he could do was the NIT? We've already got a guy like that. Plus his recruiting practices got NCAA sanctions slapped on Harvard. Doesn't sound like a good candidate to me.

Sounds like an excellent candidate for USC's open coaching position.