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I know this has been discussed before, but I think it b.ears repeating when Dawkins critics get going:

Would we even be having this discussion if Anthony Brown had not suffered the hip injury in 12-13?  I think Stanford would have made the tournament that year and that Dawkins' job would have been safe. 

Yes, you could still argue that Dawkins isn't a good coach based on a lot of other factors, but I think that the failure to get to the tournament that year was the main fuel for the anti-Dawkins fire.  The first three years were bad, but Dawkins had no head coaching experience and came into a rotten situation.  The team's performance in Dawkins' fourth and sixth years was fine.  It was really that 5th year that caused so much anger, and you could argue that Anthony Brown's injury played a big part.

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I know this has been discussed before, but I think it b.ears repeating when Dawkins critics get going:

Would we even be having this discussion if Anthony Brown had not suffered the hip injury in 12-13?  I think Stanford would have made the tournament that year and that Dawkins' job would have been safe. 

Yes, you could still argue that Dawkins isn't a good coach based on a lot of other factors, but I think that the failure to get to the tournament that year was the main fuel for the anti-Dawkins fire.  The first three years were bad, but Dawkins had no head coaching experience and came into a rotten situation.  The team's performance in Dawkins' fourth and sixth years was fine.  It was really that 5th year that caused so much anger, and you could argue that Anthony Brown's injury played a big part.