02-22-2016, 07:34 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-22-2016, 07:44 PM by SamAtoms1980.)
(02-22-2016, 04:55 PM)76lsjumb link Wrote:[quote author=garvin link=topic=14628.msg156989#msg156989 date=1456175875]
You keep saying the anti-Dawkins forces are unreasonable, 76lsjumb. Okay. That's possible. So tell us what is reasonable. How meany seasons should he be head coach before he must make the NCAA two seasons in a row? Remember, we're already at eight. So...10? Twelve? Fifteen? Your call.
Since you asked, Monty did it in his 17th-18th seasons as a head coach [his 9th-10th at Stanford]. Obviously, a lot more teams make the NCAA tourney now, so it shouldn't be anywhere near as long as that. And, indeed, I think Dawkins should have done it by now.Â
But, one thing I do know, is that Trent Johnson didn't do it in the last eight years, either. And he's the coach we would have had if his contract had been extended and everything else had played out the same.
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1995-1996:Â NCAA field = 64 teams
2011-now:Â NCAA field = 68 teams
Yep, a lot more teams make the NCAA tourney now. We should still be making the field more often though.
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