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I think the jury is out on player development.  Randle is developing well in my book.  He went from 13.6 points and 39.9% shooting in 12-13 to 18.8 points and 47.4% shooting in 13-14.  Powell certainly was inconsistent, but calling him a failure is a too harsh.  He won the Pac-12 most improved player in his junior year, was named to two all-conference 1st teams, and was drafted into the NBA.  Also, Dawkins deserves some credit for Huestis' development from 3-star recruit into 1st round NBA selection.  (Edit:  Also, let's not forget Landry Fields.  He was a 3-star recruit who scored 4.1 points on 36.2% shooting in Johnson's last year, then scored 12.6 points on 49.8% shooting and 22.0 points on 49% shooting in his junior and senior years under Dawkins.)  This year will give us a lot more information on player development.  Anthony Brown needs to build on the improvement we saw last year, which was significant compared to his last healthy season in 11-12.  Roscoe and Verhoeven were top-100 recruits and now have enough experience that they should be solid Pac-12 players.  If the team wins only 15 games total and only 7 games in conference play, then we'll have a clear answer on Dawkins.  I don't think that will happen though.

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I think the jury is out on player development.  Randle is developing well in my book.  He went from 13.6 points and 39.9% shooting in 12-13 to 18.8 points and 47.4% shooting in 13-14.  Powell certainly was inconsistent, but calling him a failure is a too harsh.  He won the Pac-12 most improved player in his junior year, was named to two all-conference 1st teams, and was drafted into the NBA.  Also, Dawkins deserves some credit for Huestis' development from 3-star recruit into 1st round NBA selection.  (Edit:  Also, let's not forget Landry Fields.  He was a 3-star recruit who scored 4.1 points on 36.2% shooting in Johnson's last year, then scored 12.6 points on 49.8% shooting and 22.0 points on 49% shooting in his junior and senior years under Dawkins.)  This year will give us a lot more information on player development.  Anthony Brown needs to build on the improvement we saw last year, which was significant compared to his last healthy season in 11-12.  Roscoe and Verhoeven were top-100 recruits and now have enough experience that they should be solid Pac-12 players.  If the team wins only 15 games total and only 7 games in conference play, then we'll have a clear answer on Dawkins.  I don't think that will happen though.