03-18-2020, 04:17 PM
For the heck of it, I looked at Stanford's Ken Pomeroy's EOY ratings since 2002:
Montgomery
2002: 15 (NCAA 2nd round)
2003: 39 (NCAA 2nd round)
2004: 12 (NCAA 2nd round)
(Montgomery leaves for NBA)
Johnson
2005: 69 (NCAA 1st round)
2006: 78 (NIT 2nd round)
2007: 66 (NCAA 1st round)
2008: 12 (NCAA Sweet 16)
(Johnson leaves for LSU)
Dawkins
2009: 52 (CBI Semifinals)
2010: 106
2011: 102
2012: 40 (NIT champs)
2013: 48 (NIT 2nd round)
2014: 34 (NCAA Sweet 16)
2015: 39 (NIT champs)
2016: 101
Haase
2017: 102
2018: 87
2019: 112
2020: 43
Given that this year was Haase's best year *by far* at Stanford, I think it would be irresponsible to fire him now. But I also agree with SamuelMcF: Stanford must make the NCAA tournament next year (if there is college basketball in 2020-21).
Montgomery
2002: 15 (NCAA 2nd round)
2003: 39 (NCAA 2nd round)
2004: 12 (NCAA 2nd round)
(Montgomery leaves for NBA)
Johnson
2005: 69 (NCAA 1st round)
2006: 78 (NIT 2nd round)
2007: 66 (NCAA 1st round)
2008: 12 (NCAA Sweet 16)
(Johnson leaves for LSU)
Dawkins
2009: 52 (CBI Semifinals)
2010: 106
2011: 102
2012: 40 (NIT champs)
2013: 48 (NIT 2nd round)
2014: 34 (NCAA Sweet 16)
2015: 39 (NIT champs)
2016: 101
Haase
2017: 102
2018: 87
2019: 112
2020: 43
Given that this year was Haase's best year *by far* at Stanford, I think it would be irresponsible to fire him now. But I also agree with SamuelMcF: Stanford must make the NCAA tournament next year (if there is college basketball in 2020-21).
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)