The Pac-10 continues with it’s bizarre hirings of head coaches. First Oregon State hired Craig Robinson away from Brown after two seasons (including only one winning one) and now Stanford has hired Johnny Dawkins from Duke.
Guys like Herb Sendek and Ben Howland must be licking their chops. Dakwins has been an assistant at Duke for 11 years and has never been a head coach. Those 12 inches on the bench make a world of difference. Yes, Duke has similar academic standards to Stanford. Albeit, Stanford doesn’t make the exceptions that Duke does. In fact, Dawkins would not have been admitted to Stanford. But that’s not relevant to the hiring. What is relevant is that he has been invisible on the road recruiting and has never called a time out in his life. Talk about learning under fire.
With all of the top candidates out there this hire is amazing. Well, at least I have to give AD Bob Bowlsby credit for not using a search firm. However, I do think he had made a big mistake. Time will tell.
