Stanfurd Hire

Well, back from a nice vacation in Mexico, to find that the furd has hired it's 12th choice as men's basketball coach - one Johnny Dawkins, formerly of the Duke coaching staff. Dawkins is a former NBA player, and has been the Assistant Head coach at Duke for the past 11 years.

It is no surprise that the Furd hired an assistant. Let's face it - they will not pay a coach top money (as clearly evidenced by the Trent johnson debacle). This is a disaster for the furd. And here is why:

1) They have just told the nation they have no desire to be a top tier program.
2) They have just hired a former Duke assistant, which everyone knows is like drafting a Tedford QB.
3) They have assumed that moving to Stanfurd is like coaching at Duke - academic school, top program. Wrong. At Duke, they respect basketball. At Stanfurd, they are ashamed of the revenue sports.

I harbor no ill will to the new coach - even though I have a general distaste for everything Duke, we beat them the last time we played, I believe. So I am OK with that. But this guy will be a rookie, going up against some pretty good coaches in the Pac 10. And if he does get good, then he is gone very soon - right at the end of the first contract.

I think that the furd has made a choice that they are not going to compete on the coaching level. They will roll the dice with some up and coming coaches, and will be a stepping stone as opposed to a destination. They will be happy to compete on the non-revenue sports for the Sears cup, and have a nice little middle of the Pac revenue sports also ran program.

That is fine with me.

GO BEARS!!