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Minor point but Trent was one of Monty's assistant, and IIRC he was the main recruiter.  So he did have a bit to do with the Lopi.

You won't hear me say that Trent was a materially better coach than Dawkins.  I wouldn't want either one of them.

Did Dawkins need to get 6 or 7 bids in 8 years?  Of course not!  But he did need to field a competitive team that would contend for a conference title sometimes and would make the NCAA at least half the time (after the first 2-3 years to rebuild the roster).  Stanford has NEVER had so much as a whiff of contending in the last 5-6 years and 1 bid is not good enough, especially when the team was Top 25 talent and came in barely above the bubble.

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Minor point but Trent was one of Monty's assistant, and IIRC he was the main recruiter.  So he did have a bit to do with the Lopi.

You won't hear me say that Trent was a materially better coach than Dawkins.  I wouldn't want either one of them.

Did Dawkins need to get 6 or 7 bids in 8 years?  Of course not!  But he did need to field a competitive team that would contend for a conference title sometimes and would make the NCAA at least half the time (after the first 2-3 years to rebuild the roster).  Stanford has NEVER had so much as a whiff of contending in the last 5-6 years and 1 bid is not good enough, especially when the team was Top 25 talent and came in barely above the bubble.