[winflop]

You bring up a good point, winflop. But I think that another major problem for ןɐɔ basketball and football goes beyond attracting the best players. They also need to attract the right coaches, and Dykes and Martin--who both saw a good deal of success elsewhere--really struggled in ןɐɔ's environment. I would think that the AD will want someone who "gets" ןɐɔ and has demonstrated success as a coach, but that list must be pretty short.

I think this is a bit of a vicious spiral. The players they want don't come, so the coaches they want don't come either. Then the coach they get can't recruit the players they want, so the coach looks for another job after 2-3 years of futility.

But let's not look at our program as all well & good. Stanford is still a stepping stone job, but that's one notch higher than Weenieville. I have no expectations that Haase will stay long-term. If he is successful a major program will come calling with big bucks that we can't possibly match. Wouldn't surprise me to one day see him take over for Bill Self, but he'd probably have to go be successful somewhere else first.

[winflop]

You bring up a good point, winflop. But I think that another major problem for ןɐɔ basketball and football goes beyond attracting the best players. They also need to attract the right coaches, and Dykes and Martin--who both saw a good deal of success elsewhere--really struggled in ןɐɔ's environment. I would think that the AD will want someone who "gets" ןɐɔ and has demonstrated success as a coach, but that list must be pretty short.

I think this is a bit of a vicious spiral. The players they want don't come, so the coaches they want don't come either. Then the coach they get can't recruit the players they want, so the coach looks for another job after 2-3 years of futility.

But let's not look at our program as all well & good. Stanford is still a stepping stone job, but that's one notch higher than Weenieville. I have no expectations that Haase will stay long-term. If he is successful a major program will come calling with big bucks that we can't possibly match. Wouldn't surprise me to one day see him take over for Bill Self, but he'd probably have to go be successful somewhere else first.