[Farm93]

FWIW - The next 6 weeks are going to be tough.
This team relies on freshmen that are good but not exactly 2020 lottery picks.   Therefore my big worry is that the Freshmen will hit a wall as the season (and travel) grinds on.    That freshmen endurance problem is common throughout the NCAA, but Stanford players also have Stanford academics.   Competing in late December and early January is a lot easier for Stanford students than February or early March. 

If we had a coach with a rich history of winning (see Coach Shaw) then I wouldn't stress it, but as Haase's teams have generally deteriorated in the second half of the year I am a bit worried.  The loss to Cal is going to zap their metrics, so they can't just hobble to the finish line now.

Coach Haase doesn't exactly have a legacy of finishing games or seasons which probably would be high on my list of key attributes if I was to take Haase over our future College Football Hall of Fame Coach.

[Farm93]

FWIW - The next 6 weeks are going to be tough.
This team relies on freshmen that are good but not exactly 2020 lottery picks.   Therefore my big worry is that the Freshmen will hit a wall as the season (and travel) grinds on.    That freshmen endurance problem is common throughout the NCAA, but Stanford players also have Stanford academics.   Competing in late December and early January is a lot easier for Stanford students than February or early March. 

If we had a coach with a rich history of winning (see Coach Shaw) then I wouldn't stress it, but as Haase's teams have generally deteriorated in the second half of the year I am a bit worried.  The loss to Cal is going to zap their metrics, so they can't just hobble to the finish line now.

Coach Haase doesn't exactly have a legacy of finishing games or seasons which probably would be high on my list of key attributes if I was to take Haase over our future College Football Hall of Fame Coach.