11-10-2012, 07:53 AM
1) UCLA's Shabazz Muhammad ruled ineligible. That's big news--Muhammad was supposed to be their best player and will instead have to sit out the season. Certainly ups our odds in the conference race (though lessens our margin for error insofar as it weakens the perception of the conference.)
2) Stanford beat USF last night by 12. With any other coach I'd be inclined to write off some of the struggles to first-game stuff, but since it's Dawkins... The guy doesn't understand how to call a timeout to stop a run (he is consistently late) and his lineups are often poor. The offense frustrates me a fair bit too--a lot of times bright would draw a double after initiating a pick and roll...and there would be no movement to reflect the fact that the rest of the team was playing 4 on 3 ball.
3) Dwight Powell looks like an absolute beast. If Dawkins can't take this team to the tournament, he shouldn't just get fired, he should get immolated.
2) Stanford beat USF last night by 12. With any other coach I'd be inclined to write off some of the struggles to first-game stuff, but since it's Dawkins... The guy doesn't understand how to call a timeout to stop a run (he is consistently late) and his lineups are often poor. The offense frustrates me a fair bit too--a lot of times bright would draw a double after initiating a pick and roll...and there would be no movement to reflect the fact that the rest of the team was playing 4 on 3 ball.
3) Dwight Powell looks like an absolute beast. If Dawkins can't take this team to the tournament, he shouldn't just get fired, he should get immolated.