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Please, for the love of all that is good in this world, let us not re-open that can of worms.  Whether you think that Trent Johnson got a bum deal and shouldn't have let go, or you think that we dodged a bullet by not renewing his contract and allowing him to leave for LSU... please, keep it to yourself.  At this point, he is not our coach, and hasn't been our coach for five plus years.

Let us look at Johny Dawkins, without comparing him to the other guy.

I agree he is a great representative of Stanford, and a genuinely good guy, but that and $4 will get you a latte these days.  Buddy Teevens was a nice guy too, but couldn't coach a lick. As for Dawkins, I have found him to be a good recruiter (with a nice class coming in) but underwhelming at developing that talent.  In five years, he missed the NIT three times (did get to the CBI once), and hasn't made the tournament.  He's had a winning conference record once, and has never finished higher than sixth.  That's pretty bad.

The flip side is that this team has a decent shot to get into the tournament (the win against Cal was [rather large]), and is currently tied for third in the conference.  Good for Dawkins.  While I have found his coaching and player development underwhelming, I will root for him as long as he's our coach.  I'd love nothing more than to see him succeed, and while I was skeptical about this season, we have a good chance to make the tournament, and who knows; we could go on a run.

BC

[BostonCard]

Please, for the love of all that is good in this world, let us not re-open that can of worms.  Whether you think that Trent Johnson got a bum deal and shouldn't have let go, or you think that we dodged a bullet by not renewing his contract and allowing him to leave for LSU... please, keep it to yourself.  At this point, he is not our coach, and hasn't been our coach for five plus years.

Let us look at Johny Dawkins, without comparing him to the other guy.

I agree he is a great representative of Stanford, and a genuinely good guy, but that and $4 will get you a latte these days.  Buddy Teevens was a nice guy too, but couldn't coach a lick. As for Dawkins, I have found him to be a good recruiter (with a nice class coming in) but underwhelming at developing that talent.  In five years, he missed the NIT three times (did get to the CBI once), and hasn't made the tournament.  He's had a winning conference record once, and has never finished higher than sixth.  That's pretty bad.

The flip side is that this team has a decent shot to get into the tournament (the win against Cal was [rather large]), and is currently tied for third in the conference.  Good for Dawkins.  While I have found his coaching and player development underwhelming, I will root for him as long as he's our coach.  I'd love nothing more than to see him succeed, and while I was skeptical about this season, we have a good chance to make the tournament, and who knows; we could go on a run.

BC