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[quote author=winflop link=topic=14648.msg157295#msg157295 date=1456557898]I listened to Muir speak today.  He actually told a bunch of donors that he still thinks MBB has a chance to make the tournament.  Of course, in order to do so it would have to do something it hasn't come close to doing all year - winning all of the remaining conference games (a close loss at AZ is acceptable) and get to the semifinals in the conference tournament.

It was all I could do to not burst out laughing, and not with him.  My guess is he was just trying to be supportive, but he came across as a bit foolish.

A less charitable interpretation is that Muir is delusional and we're going to be saddled with Dawkins for a long time.
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Actually, I don't think he's delusional, but he should have done a much better job of being realistic about the chances it would happen instead of conveying a sense of optimism of it actually happening.  He sees a potential path for Stanford to make the tournament, and I wouldn't disagree.  But the chances of it happening are so slim that I won't even think about it, and for him to articulate it in the audience with whom he did is I think a bit foolish.  I would rather he had said, "Look folks, there is still a chance for this team to get an at-large bid.  But let's be clear, an awful lot of things have to go right for it to happen."  That would have been a much more honest assessment of the situation, and at least for me it would have garnered him a lot more respect.

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[quote author=winflop link=topic=14648.msg157295#msg157295 date=1456557898]I listened to Muir speak today.  He actually told a bunch of donors that he still thinks MBB has a chance to make the tournament.  Of course, in order to do so it would have to do something it hasn't come close to doing all year - winning all of the remaining conference games (a close loss at AZ is acceptable) and get to the semifinals in the conference tournament.

It was all I could do to not burst out laughing, and not with him.  My guess is he was just trying to be supportive, but he came across as a bit foolish.

A less charitable interpretation is that Muir is delusional and we're going to be saddled with Dawkins for a long time.
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Actually, I don't think he's delusional, but he should have done a much better job of being realistic about the chances it would happen instead of conveying a sense of optimism of it actually happening.  He sees a potential path for Stanford to make the tournament, and I wouldn't disagree.  But the chances of it happening are so slim that I won't even think about it, and for him to articulate it in the audience with whom he did is I think a bit foolish.  I would rather he had said, "Look folks, there is still a chance for this team to get an at-large bid.  But let's be clear, an awful lot of things have to go right for it to happen."  That would have been a much more honest assessment of the situation, and at least for me it would have garnered him a lot more respect.