[Farm93]

I'll join you next year when a team with actual seniors playing (zero in the rotation this year) and depth (only 10/13 healthy scholarship players this year, percentage-wise a worse dearth than football...and one of them is Keenan Fitzmorris) doesn't make the tourney. For now I'll just be sad.

Sorry - In football you really need that depth given the specialization, so a few injuries can really create problems.   Stanford Football's OL was devastated.  The OL is really important, especially for Stanford.   In basketball teams routinely get deep into the tournament with 7 or 8 players playing the vast majority of the minutes over the season.   Admittedly Stanford doesn't have 3 or 4 big time stars to carry the load, but there was enough depth to make it work.  So much was on the line today and you'd have thought Stanford was certain to be a #7 seed.

Once again, team looked good in December with everyone thinking maybe this year would be different.  Then by February there are injuries, fatigue, inconsistent motivation, lack of in season improvement, loads of loses and an endless list of excuses for the coach.

Haase seems like a very good guy.   I get that, but he is unable to maximize the attributes Stanford recruits will have every year.   Other Stanford teams leverage that passion to learn and develop a level of game savvy that is the envy of the Pac-12 if not the USA.   As the players stay for multiple years they also are able to educate younger teammates.   And that ability and desire to learn and lead makes them much better at the end of the season in most sports.   

I definitely understand Stanford can't become the next Kentucky, Kansas or even Dayton with high flying athletes happy to work on FTs for hours rather than get their GPA above 2.5.   Still, this end of season pattern is too much to just accept.

This team works hard on defense, but doesn't look particularly clever, savvy or crafty.    They have a painfully simple plan of attack, that doesn't grow or expand much during the season.  By the end of the season every Pac-12 team has modified their game plan so they can beat Stanford.

Haase?  Great guy.   Basketball savvy.   Not quite the best fit for the type of athletes Stanford consistent is able to recruit.

I fully expect Stanford will turn down any NIT invite should one be offered. 

The one miniblip at the end of February was nice, but generally this season fit the model.   Inspiring start of the season, disappointing ending.

[Farm93]

I'll join you next year when a team with actual seniors playing (zero in the rotation this year) and depth (only 10/13 healthy scholarship players this year, percentage-wise a worse dearth than football...and one of them is Keenan Fitzmorris) doesn't make the tourney. For now I'll just be sad.

Sorry - In football you really need that depth given the specialization, so a few injuries can really create problems.   Stanford Football's OL was devastated.  The OL is really important, especially for Stanford.   In basketball teams routinely get deep into the tournament with 7 or 8 players playing the vast majority of the minutes over the season.   Admittedly Stanford doesn't have 3 or 4 big time stars to carry the load, but there was enough depth to make it work.  So much was on the line today and you'd have thought Stanford was certain to be a #7 seed.

Once again, team looked good in December with everyone thinking maybe this year would be different.  Then by February there are injuries, fatigue, inconsistent motivation, lack of in season improvement, loads of loses and an endless list of excuses for the coach.

Haase seems like a very good guy.   I get that, but he is unable to maximize the attributes Stanford recruits will have every year.   Other Stanford teams leverage that passion to learn and develop a level of game savvy that is the envy of the Pac-12 if not the USA.   As the players stay for multiple years they also are able to educate younger teammates.   And that ability and desire to learn and lead makes them much better at the end of the season in most sports.   

I definitely understand Stanford can't become the next Kentucky, Kansas or even Dayton with high flying athletes happy to work on FTs for hours rather than get their GPA above 2.5.   Still, this end of season pattern is too much to just accept.

This team works hard on defense, but doesn't look particularly clever, savvy or crafty.    They have a painfully simple plan of attack, that doesn't grow or expand much during the season.  By the end of the season every Pac-12 team has modified their game plan so they can beat Stanford.

Haase?  Great guy.   Basketball savvy.   Not quite the best fit for the type of athletes Stanford consistent is able to recruit.

I fully expect Stanford will turn down any NIT invite should one be offered. 

The one miniblip at the end of February was nice, but generally this season fit the model.   Inspiring start of the season, disappointing ending.