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Re: A sadly close call in Denver - yvonne - 11-17-2013
There is NO bad outcome in men's basketball this year. If we have a good season -- making the NCAA and winning a couple of games. Then that's a good outcome. If we don't, we get a new coach, and that's a good outcome.
Re: A sadly close call in Denver - pincemob - 11-17-2013
Why are we scheduling the Denver Pioneers in a road game? Did we recruit someone from Denver and promise to go and play there? The attendance was 4,000 people. Pretty good for Maples but most schools with gyms that size (Saint Mary's) can't get BCS conference teams to play there.Â
Re: A sadly close call in Denver - Kathy - 11-18-2013
(11-17-2013, 03:11 PM)Yvonne link Wrote:There is NO bad outcome in men's basketball this year. If we have a good season -- making the NCAA and winning a couple of games. Then that's a good outcome. If we don't, we get a new coach, and that's a good outcome.
Dawkins' contract extension runs through 2016. Does the buyout become more affordable in 2014? Do performance targets kick in? Or is Stanford willing to spend about $2 million to get rid of a subpar coach?
Re: A sadly close call in Denver - yvonne - 11-18-2013
I'm basing my statement on this:
http://www.stanforddaily.com/2013/03/16/dawkins-given-one-more-chance/
Quote:Next year is a critical year for us, Muir told the San Jose Mercury News. Weve now had ample time for him to really get us to take that next step....
Quote:We want to be playing for a [conference] championship, Muir said. We think we have the caliber of kids who can do that. And we want to play in the NCAA (tournament). The goal has always been and will not change: We want to play well into March on the grand stage of March Madness.
Re: A sadly close call in Denver - Viking_Guy - 11-18-2013
I've said it before, I'll say it again: Dwight Powell is a 6'11" guy who wants to play like he is a 6'5" shooting guard. Couple that with not so great hands, and the glitter of his size, wingspan and quickness fades a bit. Watching him, I'm always aware of the balls tipped away as he drives, and the rebounds he gets but can't hang onto. What combination of innate ability and coaching is at fault for that is not clear.
The zone is an interesting project, but when you have Nastic at the center of it, every team simply tries to work the ball into the corner for a three (overloading the wing player and forcing Nastic to try to close out). One running comment that I thought was telling from the Northwestern game - the color guy was pointing out how high the two guards were playing, leaving that wing defender really vulnerable by leaving them to cover both the wing and the corner.
More generally, we have two solid on-ball defenders - Huestis and Randle. Everyone else needs help - Bright is too vulnerable to picks and physical drivers, Nastic to quickness, and Powell to reaching and picking up silly fouls.
Now that I think of it, the zone could also be an attempted response to the new foul "emphases" - they seem particularly designed to limit defenders' ability to defend the drive and fight through or hedge on screens.
VG