[BillBradley]

I believe every coach has a preferred style of play and structure, likes players with specific attributes and is less tolerant of certain inadequacies. Montgomery was more old school, liked to play inside out, looked to recruit good shooters, and was highly focused on efficiency. To me, Haase wants his teams to play like he used to play. Hustle like mad, defend, steals, floor burns, disruption/chaos, attack the basket, shoot lots of FT's, etc. He's attracted to effort. He was not a good shooter in college himself (career 42% and 33% from 3). He has way more tolerance for Wills offensive deficiencies because he's a defensive animal and gives great effort, and that's what he likes (and that's part of the reason he never developed a shot, because he didn't have to). Other coaches would not tolerate or play a guard who is such a poor shooter. If Haase stays, it's just going to be more of the same. He's not going to shed his biases and flip to a different style over night.

[BillBradley]

I believe every coach has a preferred style of play and structure, likes players with specific attributes and is less tolerant of certain inadequacies. Montgomery was more old school, liked to play inside out, looked to recruit good shooters, and was highly focused on efficiency. To me, Haase wants his teams to play like he used to play. Hustle like mad, defend, steals, floor burns, disruption/chaos, attack the basket, shoot lots of FT's, etc. He's attracted to effort. He was not a good shooter in college himself (career 42% and 33% from 3). He has way more tolerance for Wills offensive deficiencies because he's a defensive animal and gives great effort, and that's what he likes (and that's part of the reason he never developed a shot, because he didn't have to). Other coaches would not tolerate or play a guard who is such a poor shooter. If Haase stays, it's just going to be more of the same. He's not going to shed his biases and flip to a different style over night.