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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.

Stanford has never been kal.  Stanford has never been Oregon.  I would never dare to say that the academic rigor of Stanford is comparable to what kal or Oregon athletes deal with, especially not in an era of Zoom U.  Additionally, Stanford's sports teams were rendered homeless for several weeks of the season, living and practicing outside of Santa Clara county apart from any peers or their dorm room possessions save what they could take with them in luggage.  

I might be a little more in touch with the kids these days, but I do see lots of frustration and cries for help in the current student body looking for support or coping mechanisms in dealing with academics -- professors are not cutting everyone slack, the foreign students have to take classes nocturnally from their home timezones with no consideration given to the wreckage of their circadian rhythm, and some students have unfortunate home/family issues to deal with as well as internet issues.  There's just a lot expected of Stanford students during this pandemic, certainly more so than your average bear or duck athlete.

Haase recruited well, and he deserves a shot at coaching Silva/Ingram.  If he can't reasonably improve the trend with one of his best recruiting classes, then we need to talk about other measures.  But at the beginning of this season, things were really looking up, and the players seemed really happy with Haase.  That's not the case anymore, and I really think it started with their eviction from campus, and then the midseason disappearances of Davis, Wills, and Williams.  

I'm not saying Haase should stay for life.  I'm just saying that covid had an effect on the team.  If there was no pandemic and the team performed the same, then I'd be on board with a hiring search.

[fullmetal]

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.

Stanford has never been kal.  Stanford has never been Oregon.  I would never dare to say that the academic rigor of Stanford is comparable to what kal or Oregon athletes deal with, especially not in an era of Zoom U.  Additionally, Stanford's sports teams were rendered homeless for several weeks of the season, living and practicing outside of Santa Clara county apart from any peers or their dorm room possessions save what they could take with them in luggage.  

I might be a little more in touch with the kids these days, but I do see lots of frustration and cries for help in the current student body looking for support or coping mechanisms in dealing with academics -- professors are not cutting everyone slack, the foreign students have to take classes nocturnally from their home timezones with no consideration given to the wreckage of their circadian rhythm, and some students have unfortunate home/family issues to deal with as well as internet issues.  There's just a lot expected of Stanford students during this pandemic, certainly more so than your average bear or duck athlete.

Haase recruited well, and he deserves a shot at coaching Silva/Ingram.  If he can't reasonably improve the trend with one of his best recruiting classes, then we need to talk about other measures.  But at the beginning of this season, things were really looking up, and the players seemed really happy with Haase.  That's not the case anymore, and I really think it started with their eviction from campus, and then the midseason disappearances of Davis, Wills, and Williams.  

I'm not saying Haase should stay for life.  I'm just saying that covid had an effect on the team.  If there was no pandemic and the team performed the same, then I'd be on board with a hiring search.