[Goose]

I'm absolutely stunned that Hanson is still employed by Stanford.

I don't understand it either. Even if it could somehow be "proven" that it is totally not Hanson's fault (which obviously is impossible), a change must be made. You can't expect players to come into such a bad situation without some kind of expectation that things will improve. You have to change something, or why should you expect better results in the future? That is why coaches get fired all the time. Sometimes you go through a few coaches before things improve. Sometimes the coaches that got fired do real well elsewhere. That is just the nature of the business, best case. Now, I do think it probable that Hanson is greatly responsible for the level of futility, but even if she wasn't, she must go! The next coach may get better results (They almost can't get worse), or it may be the same. But at least, until that point, there is hope. With no changes, there is no hope. It would be different if we were playing .400 ball. Not great, but there is a way ahead. Where we are at now, there is no way ahead.

[Goose]

I'm absolutely stunned that Hanson is still employed by Stanford.

I don't understand it either. Even if it could somehow be "proven" that it is totally not Hanson's fault (which obviously is impossible), a change must be made. You can't expect players to come into such a bad situation without some kind of expectation that things will improve. You have to change something, or why should you expect better results in the future? That is why coaches get fired all the time. Sometimes you go through a few coaches before things improve. Sometimes the coaches that got fired do real well elsewhere. That is just the nature of the business, best case. Now, I do think it probable that Hanson is greatly responsible for the level of futility, but even if she wasn't, she must go! The next coach may get better results (They almost can't get worse), or it may be the same. But at least, until that point, there is hope. With no changes, there is no hope. It would be different if we were playing .400 ball. Not great, but there is a way ahead. Where we are at now, there is no way ahead.