Johnny Dawkins Out at Stanford
So Johnny Dawkins has been let go at Stanford. At Duke, he was chiefly responsible for player development during his tenure as Coach K's lead assisstant.
Even for those of us not on team #FireBeilein, I think there's been a concensus that a staff shakeup may be in order. While former Duke assistants who get let go have in the past run home to mama, this could be an opportunity to bring on someone who has had player development success and has obvious ties to the program, at least in the short term.
Good title.
I actually thought it was a terrible title.
My apologies
I thought the title was fair to middlin'.
meh, bubble title
It would have been a better title if the two best letters in the title weren't banged-up. There have also been chronic issues with the middle letters in the title.
If the OP had been wearing headphones it would have been better.
Exactly.
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The coach of this title should be fired. It's obviously one-dimensional, only good from a distance, half it's starting letters are injured or left early, and it can't defend itself.
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I can see parting ways with Coach Alexander, but I don't want to see Coach Jordan go anywhere. Walton isn't as good as Morris or Burke, but it's hard to knock Michigan's guards on Coach Jordan's watch.
I agree...I hope Jordan stays. I hope the entire staff stays with exeption of Alexander who I don't dislike, I just think it would be best to part ways and see him find his way elsewhere so we can get some new life onto the staff. Dawkins would be an interesting fit as an assistant, I'm sure there are other names we should consider as well. I'm most interested in someone who can flat out recruit (within the rules).
Was the implication that Bacari would be encouraged to find other employement and Jordan would bepursuing a HC spot again?
and not Kam Chatman??
Speaking of Aubrey Dawkins he must really be in the doghouse for his defense. Duncan is shooting like 30% from three over the last 10 games and Dawkins is seeing his minutes decrease rather than increase despite shooting a better percentage. He is going to need to get some run for us to go far because the way we shot the 3 in the big ten tourney isn't going to get us far if we have any dreams of a magical run in the tourney.
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Dawkins is averaging 6.2 rebounds per 40 minutes to Duncan's 4.6. Neither is hitting the glass very hard.
Wouldn't be opposed to a Dawkins/Alexander swap on the coaching staff. I don't think Alexander is a terrible coach, I think we need a new voice.
I wonder if a one for one swap would work.
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This is aplicable now that he's edited said title, but before it was not.
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I take it that Bacari works more with the bigs and Lavall more with the guards. But since people seem to be upset with the talent on the roster, it feels like we've struck out more with the guards on the recruiting trail. For instance, Trevon Blueitt was in touch Lavall all the time, but we lost him to Xavier. For me it's harder to figure out responsibilites on the basketball coaching staff than football.
I'd personally prefer to keep Bacari and Lavall on the staff and give them whatever within the rules resources are needed to consistently recruit top 20 classes.
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Barcari feels his impact his limited because of the role big men play in Beilein's offense. We don't recruit the type of big men Baraci is best fit to coach either.
March 14th, 2016 at 11:33 PM ^
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March 15th, 2016 at 11:15 AM ^
was what marqueeview said. McGary is the unique big man who can dribble and is a really good passer. Replace McGary with say a Donnal or Doyle against Syracuse and the results would not have been the same.
March 14th, 2016 at 10:05 PM ^
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March 15th, 2016 at 11:14 AM ^
There were reports at the time that he burned his bridges with Michigan, but I don't remember seeing any details of what went on.
A little tangent here, but I find it odd how Aubrey Dawkins seems to have such low bball IQ for having a father who played and coached at a high level. He has all the physical abilities in the world but he doesn't really seem to "get it". Heres to hoping the light eventually comes on!
i've mentioned that too in the past. perhaps his dad wasn't home much to coach his kid up. iirc, johnny was pretty good at D. or i may be confusing him with amaker.
He'll be somewhere else next year. Coach K connections go a long ways. But Stanford needed a new direction.
Obviously there's the Duke possibility, plus Marquette,, Northwestern or somewhere else if Capel got a head job again.