[StanFan88]

[quote author=OutsiderFan link=topic=9678.msg85567#msg85567 date=1394893050]
[quote author=Farm93 link=topic=9678.msg85565#msg85565 date=1394890661]
doubt the team will be able to beat a #2 or #1 seed.

But here's the thing.  Good to great coaches get results almost immediately.  Dawkins has proven he is a mediocre coach at best.  Does Stanford settle for mediocrity?

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That's the point I made to Muir last year. His response was that so many games were close, and we were almost there. His standards are, unfortunately, different from ours.
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Well the point this year is that it's now been two years for him and six years for most of us.  All we have seen year-in and year-out is inconsistency and being close.  At some point you have to recognize a pattern, and when that patterns spans several rosters you can't say it's a particular player or players.  You have to look at the coach.

Also, Muir did say the team needs to compete for a conference title in addition to making the NCAAs.  On that front, Dawkins has NEVER been close.  6th place is the best finish he's had.  That's not good enough.

[StanFan88]

[quote author=OutsiderFan link=topic=9678.msg85567#msg85567 date=1394893050]
[quote author=Farm93 link=topic=9678.msg85565#msg85565 date=1394890661]
doubt the team will be able to beat a #2 or #1 seed.

But here's the thing.  Good to great coaches get results almost immediately.  Dawkins has proven he is a mediocre coach at best.  Does Stanford settle for mediocrity?

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That's the point I made to Muir last year. His response was that so many games were close, and we were almost there. His standards are, unfortunately, different from ours.
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Well the point this year is that it's now been two years for him and six years for most of us.  All we have seen year-in and year-out is inconsistency and being close.  At some point you have to recognize a pattern, and when that patterns spans several rosters you can't say it's a particular player or players.  You have to look at the coach.

Also, Muir did say the team needs to compete for a conference title in addition to making the NCAAs.  On that front, Dawkins has NEVER been close.  6th place is the best finish he's had.  That's not good enough.