[Mick]

I don't know why she should get another season beyond this one.

Would it really be good for the program to have another coaching change so quickly? Especially if divides the team again into pro- and anti-firing factions? Clearly Muir has made a mess of things, but I'm not sure another dismissal is the way to clean them up.

I half agree with you.  Muir made such extraordinarily bad decisions, I wouldn't trust him with this hire.  He's clearly poisoned the well in the national coaching fraternity through his bungling, and Hanson is doing herself no favors.  I clearly expect Stanford teams to perform poorly on her watch, and I don't think Stanford will be considered an attractive coaching option for top level softball coaches until Muir is gone.

The Rittman firing was a special case, occasioned by the mutineers and not his performance He made the NCAAs in all years but two, and had a winning record in all years but one.  An AD firing Hanson for poor performance would be expected by one and all, and it is not uncommon in most sports.  Now...that may mean that a few mutineer players may lose their positions once the new coach is on bard, but at least a decent coach would right the ship.  So I would be fine with waiting until Muir leaves.

[Mick]

I don't know why she should get another season beyond this one.

Would it really be good for the program to have another coaching change so quickly? Especially if divides the team again into pro- and anti-firing factions? Clearly Muir has made a mess of things, but I'm not sure another dismissal is the way to clean them up.

I half agree with you.  Muir made such extraordinarily bad decisions, I wouldn't trust him with this hire.  He's clearly poisoned the well in the national coaching fraternity through his bungling, and Hanson is doing herself no favors.  I clearly expect Stanford teams to perform poorly on her watch, and I don't think Stanford will be considered an attractive coaching option for top level softball coaches until Muir is gone.

The Rittman firing was a special case, occasioned by the mutineers and not his performance He made the NCAAs in all years but two, and had a winning record in all years but one.  An AD firing Hanson for poor performance would be expected by one and all, and it is not uncommon in most sports.  Now...that may mean that a few mutineer players may lose their positions once the new coach is on bard, but at least a decent coach would right the ship.  So I would be fine with waiting until Muir leaves.