02-27-2015, 11:27 AM
I agree with Winflop - "Win" the Oregon game and we should make the dance. "Flop" against the Ducks and it's the Not Important Tourney...again.  Dawkins is our Ben Braun, but I think Muir is soft on him given Dawkins history as a player. Muir was not here when Montgomery had us in the Top 20 almost every year and Maples was rockin'! I miss those days and Muir should want that kind of excitement and revenue to return.Â
Dawkins was a great player and is a very nice man. That doesn't equate to being a great or even very good coach. The pedigree is there, but the record is not. He won't pull the cord this year given last year's Sweet 16, but I sure as hell hope that if we do an NIT return for this year and next that Muir makes a move to get us out of mediocrity. Maples has become a giant echo chamber and the students rarely show. I think it's quieter now than it was in the Tom Davis years....painful.
I hope our seniors show their leadership over the next month and make another run.
Dawkins was a great player and is a very nice man. That doesn't equate to being a great or even very good coach. The pedigree is there, but the record is not. He won't pull the cord this year given last year's Sweet 16, but I sure as hell hope that if we do an NIT return for this year and next that Muir makes a move to get us out of mediocrity. Maples has become a giant echo chamber and the students rarely show. I think it's quieter now than it was in the Tom Davis years....painful.
I hope our seniors show their leadership over the next month and make another run.