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Because he didn’t fire Haase to hire a new head coach with a worse head coaching record than Haase had when he was hired?

I love Mad Dog, but I’m far from convinced that hiring Haase 2.0, albeit with a Stanford degree, is the best solution.
But, of course, we all know that it’s all Dawkins’ fault…

Hard to make a comparison, but UAB was already a Conference USA team with multiple NCAA appearances when Haase took over. He had a run in the tourney (first appearance on his four years) and was a hot commodity because his team upset Iowa State. We didn't hire him until after the next season when he was upset in the C-USA tournament and lost to BYU in the NIT. Mike Davis, the guy before Haase, took Texas Southern to the tourney 4 times after he left.

Madsen has done more with less. Utah Valley outperforms its talent, and it was a dominant rebounding and efficient team all season. The only reason Utah Valley didn't go dancing was a pair of four points plays and a bit of a collapse in the last three minutes of a conference tournament game. As it is, Madsen did something Haase couldn't do, beat Colorado (not only that, but in Colorado).

[rogpodge]

Because he didn’t fire Haase to hire a new head coach with a worse head coaching record than Haase had when he was hired?

I love Mad Dog, but I’m far from convinced that hiring Haase 2.0, albeit with a Stanford degree, is the best solution.
But, of course, we all know that it’s all Dawkins’ fault…

Hard to make a comparison, but UAB was already a Conference USA team with multiple NCAA appearances when Haase took over. He had a run in the tourney (first appearance on his four years) and was a hot commodity because his team upset Iowa State. We didn't hire him until after the next season when he was upset in the C-USA tournament and lost to BYU in the NIT. Mike Davis, the guy before Haase, took Texas Southern to the tourney 4 times after he left.

Madsen has done more with less. Utah Valley outperforms its talent, and it was a dominant rebounding and efficient team all season. The only reason Utah Valley didn't go dancing was a pair of four points plays and a bit of a collapse in the last three minutes of a conference tournament game. As it is, Madsen did something Haase couldn't do, beat Colorado (not only that, but in Colorado).