[gailtate]

I would presume the covid circumstances had a lot to do with it. The team was practically homeless and exiled from their possessions on campus for several weeks. In addition, you had very young adults coping with social isolation, Zoom U + academic rigor, and athletic pressures.  And Muir does not want to have to buy out a coach's contract while forking over money for a new hiring search and new coach + staff. If he does, his rationale for cutting 11 sports would sound rather hollow.

They're just kids, adrift in a pandemic world.

I'm not buying. Cal dealt with Covid. Oregon dealt with Covid. As did all the other P12 teams, Gonzaga, St. Mary's and everybody else. Oh, and Tara. For whatever reason, Haase is not cutting it here. He's just not. We're seeing a years-long pattern, not a Pandemic-driven anomaly. Cut bait and drop a line in another part of the river, fergawdsakes.

[gailtate]

I would presume the covid circumstances had a lot to do with it. The team was practically homeless and exiled from their possessions on campus for several weeks. In addition, you had very young adults coping with social isolation, Zoom U + academic rigor, and athletic pressures.  And Muir does not want to have to buy out a coach's contract while forking over money for a new hiring search and new coach + staff. If he does, his rationale for cutting 11 sports would sound rather hollow.

They're just kids, adrift in a pandemic world.

I'm not buying. Cal dealt with Covid. Oregon dealt with Covid. As did all the other P12 teams, Gonzaga, St. Mary's and everybody else. Oh, and Tara. For whatever reason, Haase is not cutting it here. He's just not. We're seeing a years-long pattern, not a Pandemic-driven anomaly. Cut bait and drop a line in another part of the river, fergawdsakes.