01-23-2014, 10:27 AM
(01-22-2014, 06:54 PM)Boston Card link Wrote:I get the concern, but considering that he has had five years to get it right, and the last big class he signed would go oh-for-four in getting to the NCAA tournament, I think there would be no reason to believe that the class Dawkins is signing now would do any better. 2013-2014 is the last year in the window; next year we will have Randall, some OK guys with injury issues and little experience, and a bunch of freshmen. Though anything is possible, especially in basketball, you get the feeling that this year really is do or die.
Just because Muir didn't fire Dawkins last year doesn't mean he will tolerate another failure to reach the tournament, no matter how close we get. I could be wrong, but my guess is we are NCAA tourney or bust.
Lastly, if I did go through a coaching transition, wouldn't you want to do it with a brand new, highly touted freshman class coming in? That would diminish the pressure on the incoming coach.
BC
Other than his big class & Randle, Dawkins has had near zero quality recruits before this year's incoming class.
And for Muir I think what will determine whether Dawkins stays in the event they are close is what season ticket holders say. The team loses a LOT of talent after this season, and if season ticket holders are going to not renew to an even greater extent than last offseason, he will have no choice.
I think keeping Dawkins cost the AD more than firing him.