[Farm93]

Dawkins is probably an OK recruiter, though any recruit he wants is probably a reject from Duke.  That is a recruiting ceiling that already makes the job tougher than it needs to be.

Dawkins seems to struggle with team development and adjustments.  The team normally is relatively stronger at the start of the season than in the second half.  The team is usually weakest, relative to others in the conference, in the last few weeks of the season.  That's a bad trend line.  Amazingly, it is often repeated in games too.  The team is stronger in the first half than the second half.  The team's worst 5 minutes are probably the last 5 minutes of the game.  I am sure the stats wizards could refute this perception with stats, but in big games it seems like Stanford is always just trying to hold on or stay close. 

So all of that is tough endure, but for me the biggest problem is the style of basketball is sloppy and boring.  Honestly, I did not watch most of last night's game.  It was just too hard to watch.  If Stanford basketball can't keep me watching a game vs UCLA on TV, then there is a problem on The Farm. 

Though in fairness I should note that UCLA is not exactly problem free because there were a lot of empty seats down there for a conference game in February.

[Farm93]

Dawkins is probably an OK recruiter, though any recruit he wants is probably a reject from Duke.  That is a recruiting ceiling that already makes the job tougher than it needs to be.

Dawkins seems to struggle with team development and adjustments.  The team normally is relatively stronger at the start of the season than in the second half.  The team is usually weakest, relative to others in the conference, in the last few weeks of the season.  That's a bad trend line.  Amazingly, it is often repeated in games too.  The team is stronger in the first half than the second half.  The team's worst 5 minutes are probably the last 5 minutes of the game.  I am sure the stats wizards could refute this perception with stats, but in big games it seems like Stanford is always just trying to hold on or stay close. 

So all of that is tough endure, but for me the biggest problem is the style of basketball is sloppy and boring.  Honestly, I did not watch most of last night's game.  It was just too hard to watch.  If Stanford basketball can't keep me watching a game vs UCLA on TV, then there is a problem on The Farm. 

Though in fairness I should note that UCLA is not exactly problem free because there were a lot of empty seats down there for a conference game in February.