[StanFan88]

Actually, I largely agree with your assessment, but it seems to me that it was a whole lot easier for Bowslby to fire a coach after a 1-11 season than it would have been for Muir to fire a coach after a Sweet 16 season.

I don't think the discussion was about whether to fire Dawkins after the 2013-14 season.  My criticism of Muir was that he didn't fire him after the 2012-13 season.

The Sweet 16 allowed Dawkins to keep his job, and maybe even beyond this season.  But it should not have allowed him to get a contract extension.

As for how big X is, well I'd say it's 3 plus however many more years Dawkins stays.  And Muir can't be happy about not selling out a single game last season, including Cal & UCLA where the upper deck end zones were at least half-empty and that was only due to opposing fans not buying enough tickets.

Dawkins is costing Stanford at least a million a year in lost ticket sales & concessions.

[StanFan88]

Actually, I largely agree with your assessment, but it seems to me that it was a whole lot easier for Bowslby to fire a coach after a 1-11 season than it would have been for Muir to fire a coach after a Sweet 16 season.

I don't think the discussion was about whether to fire Dawkins after the 2013-14 season.  My criticism of Muir was that he didn't fire him after the 2012-13 season.

The Sweet 16 allowed Dawkins to keep his job, and maybe even beyond this season.  But it should not have allowed him to get a contract extension.

As for how big X is, well I'd say it's 3 plus however many more years Dawkins stays.  And Muir can't be happy about not selling out a single game last season, including Cal & UCLA where the upper deck end zones were at least half-empty and that was only due to opposing fans not buying enough tickets.

Dawkins is costing Stanford at least a million a year in lost ticket sales & concessions.