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But I thought Dawkins was a lousy coach.  Stanford basketball has been irrelevant for some time.  One and done era doesn’t help.  Yes, this was a bad offensive team. Which happens when you can’t shoot and have almost no one that creates.  Davis hurt most of year and them pfffft.  Wills the same. Williams was a bust.

What do you want in a new coach?  Be specific.  What style of play?  What type of player should he recruit.  Give us programs to emulate.

Cause just bringing in the flavor of the month does nothing.  They need someone that understands the landscape and can determine how best to win at Stanford.

To me that’s recruiting guys that are likely to stay and mature.  That’s relying on upperclassmen.  Not guys that will leave. Player development key.  Size and the ability to hit threes.  An offense that does not rely on recruiting a bunch of guys that can beat people off the dribble.  And has a low post scoring presence.  Recruiting should be international.  I repeat - look at Wisconsin, Iowa, Gonzaga.  (Different styles, but all three tend to keep players in the systems. Not many one and dones).

Dawkins was not a good coach at Stanford. Looks like he hasn't done better at UCF after a couple seasons with someone else's recruits and his son transferring.
Haase will likely do better at his next stop, like he did at UAB. He also has not been a good coach at Stanford.

I don't know enough about basketball to say what I want in a coach in terms of philosophy, style, etc. But here's what I do want, in priority order:

1. Results! Contend for a conference title and get into the Big Dance. Doesn't have to be every year, but it hasn't happened in more than a decade
2. Build a cohesive, functioning team. Make the whole greater than the sum of the parts. Do more with less. Insert your own cliche here
3. Someone who gets Stanford. This is arguably less important because I don't expect a successful coach to stay more than 3-4 years
4. Put butts in seats. Not only because it's more fun for the fans, but MBB needs to make money to support other programs and it hasn't for many years. Maples needs to average 4K+ per home game, if not more.

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But I thought Dawkins was a lousy coach.  Stanford basketball has been irrelevant for some time.  One and done era doesn’t help.  Yes, this was a bad offensive team. Which happens when you can’t shoot and have almost no one that creates.  Davis hurt most of year and them pfffft.  Wills the same. Williams was a bust.

What do you want in a new coach?  Be specific.  What style of play?  What type of player should he recruit.  Give us programs to emulate.

Cause just bringing in the flavor of the month does nothing.  They need someone that understands the landscape and can determine how best to win at Stanford.

To me that’s recruiting guys that are likely to stay and mature.  That’s relying on upperclassmen.  Not guys that will leave. Player development key.  Size and the ability to hit threes.  An offense that does not rely on recruiting a bunch of guys that can beat people off the dribble.  And has a low post scoring presence.  Recruiting should be international.  I repeat - look at Wisconsin, Iowa, Gonzaga.  (Different styles, but all three tend to keep players in the systems. Not many one and dones).

Dawkins was not a good coach at Stanford. Looks like he hasn't done better at UCF after a couple seasons with someone else's recruits and his son transferring.
Haase will likely do better at his next stop, like he did at UAB. He also has not been a good coach at Stanford.

I don't know enough about basketball to say what I want in a coach in terms of philosophy, style, etc. But here's what I do want, in priority order:

1. Results! Contend for a conference title and get into the Big Dance. Doesn't have to be every year, but it hasn't happened in more than a decade
2. Build a cohesive, functioning team. Make the whole greater than the sum of the parts. Do more with less. Insert your own cliche here
3. Someone who gets Stanford. This is arguably less important because I don't expect a successful coach to stay more than 3-4 years
4. Put butts in seats. Not only because it's more fun for the fans, but MBB needs to make money to support other programs and it hasn't for many years. Maples needs to average 4K+ per home game, if not more.