03-01-2015, 12:27 AM
Well 76lsjumb, your numbers highlight what a disaster Year 7 of Montgomery's tenure was: 7-23 overall and 2-16 (and dead last) in the conference, and Montgomery's only losing season as a head coach. So that year brings Dawkins overall stats more in line with Montgomery's.
If Dawkins had followed Dibiaso (70-188) and Davis (58-59), then his numbers would look a lot better to me. It's all about context, which you've removed in your analysis. So I don't think you're comparing apples-to-apples at all.
Also, even with the disaster of 1992-93, Montgomery was 64-62 in conference after seven years. Dawkins is currently at 58-65, and, in my opinion, the talent across the Pac was higher in the late 80s/early 90s than it has been the past seven years.
But I suspect that this discussion is moot. Even with the departures of Randle, Brown and Nastic, Stanford has returning talent and Dawkins is a pretty good recruiter. As long as the team doesn't go completely in the tank and Muir is AD, I could see Dawkins sticking around for another seven years.
If Dawkins had followed Dibiaso (70-188) and Davis (58-59), then his numbers would look a lot better to me. It's all about context, which you've removed in your analysis. So I don't think you're comparing apples-to-apples at all.
Also, even with the disaster of 1992-93, Montgomery was 64-62 in conference after seven years. Dawkins is currently at 58-65, and, in my opinion, the talent across the Pac was higher in the late 80s/early 90s than it has been the past seven years.
But I suspect that this discussion is moot. Even with the departures of Randle, Brown and Nastic, Stanford has returning talent and Dawkins is a pretty good recruiter. As long as the team doesn't go completely in the tank and Muir is AD, I could see Dawkins sticking around for another seven years.
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