Steve Lavin should go to USF. Seems like a perfect fit.
Some of those long-list names aren't too exciting (Sendek: really?), but frankly I'm really enjoying March now without the regularly scheduled Stanford tournament flameout angst, so I'm rapidly approaching "whatever" stage. (Watching Southern California have their heart ripped out on the exact same play yours truly beat the f'ing Pikes on once didn't even hurt one bit.) Steve Kerr turned out great in the NBA without any head coaching experience, so let's just grab someone off of Stanford's only Final Four team and roll with that. Yeah, that's the ticket!
Interestingly, someone (and I swear it wasn't me), has erased all record of one John Dawkins from USA Basketball's 2008 Olympic experience. Not on the roster (Jim Boeheim and Mike D'Antoni are the only listed assistant coaches), not in press releases, not in the photo. At last, we have confirmation of Garvin's long-held suspicion that Dawkins is either a Chinese sympathizing Communist or a vampire.
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Where's Johnny?
The trip to China did take place during a recruiting quiet period according to the NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Recruiting Calendar, not a dead period as I thought. "During a quiet period, a coach may only have face-to-face contact with college-bound student-athletes or their parents on the colleges campus. A coach may not watch student-athletes compete (unless a competition occurs on the colleges campus) or visit their high schools. Coaches may write or telephone college-bound student-athletes or their parents during this time." (ref. NCAA) So I'm wrong on that score. Johnny should have stayed home in case someone wanted to visit Palo Alto.
