03-09-2016, 06:34 PM
Well, that and considering Trent Johnson, who was a mediocre coach with a pretty good Stanford record.
So I'm intrigued why some people think Stanford men's basketball is so special. (As in, specially mediocre, and somehow inevitably so.) Stanford has successful teams in virtually every other sport.
Is it one-and-dones? Stanford obviously doesn't take those. But then again, only a few teams have regular, consistent access to these players. Even granting the premise that one-and-dones are necessary for elite success, that should still allow Stanford to be a top 15 program. And it's well-known that you can counteract one-and-done talent with superior cohesiveness or age. The AP poll features Villanova, Virginia, Xavier, Oklahoma, Oregon, and West Virginia in the top ten -- hardly magnets for one-and-done phenoms.
Is it talent, more generally? Dawkins has recruited many, many four-stars. Virtually every recruiting class people coo over the nice talent he's amassed. And Dawkins has sent a fair share of players on to the NBA as well. Anthony Brown and Dwight Powell are both rotation guys, to take two examples. So, during the Dawkins tenure, we see high school talent go in, and NBA talent come out. It's almost as if something happens in between that is substandard or unusual. Well, who knows. Stanford's doomed.
So I'm intrigued why some people think Stanford men's basketball is so special. (As in, specially mediocre, and somehow inevitably so.) Stanford has successful teams in virtually every other sport.
Is it one-and-dones? Stanford obviously doesn't take those. But then again, only a few teams have regular, consistent access to these players. Even granting the premise that one-and-dones are necessary for elite success, that should still allow Stanford to be a top 15 program. And it's well-known that you can counteract one-and-done talent with superior cohesiveness or age. The AP poll features Villanova, Virginia, Xavier, Oklahoma, Oregon, and West Virginia in the top ten -- hardly magnets for one-and-done phenoms.
Is it talent, more generally? Dawkins has recruited many, many four-stars. Virtually every recruiting class people coo over the nice talent he's amassed. And Dawkins has sent a fair share of players on to the NBA as well. Anthony Brown and Dwight Powell are both rotation guys, to take two examples. So, during the Dawkins tenure, we see high school talent go in, and NBA talent come out. It's almost as if something happens in between that is substandard or unusual. Well, who knows. Stanford's doomed.