02-25-2014, 03:05 PM
Stanford basketball is definitively better this time than last time. The trouble is, how much of that improvement is due to underlying change in Dawkins's ability, and how much is simply the maturation (in relative terms) of his centerpiece recruiting class? When you have a team as experienced and highly-recruited as Stanford's, it'd be weird if it weren't improved.
It's not as if the conference is comprised of powerhouses either. Aside from Arizona it looks fairly average to me. Given that and Dawkins's general malaise, I'd be inclined to toss him after the year ended. The expectation (that some fans perceived) from Muir, that the team compete for a conference title was a reasonable one. Dawkins hasn't done that and hasn't suffered from some heinous run of bad luck. Toss him.
It's not as if the conference is comprised of powerhouses either. Aside from Arizona it looks fairly average to me. Given that and Dawkins's general malaise, I'd be inclined to toss him after the year ended. The expectation (that some fans perceived) from Muir, that the team compete for a conference title was a reasonable one. Dawkins hasn't done that and hasn't suffered from some heinous run of bad luck. Toss him.