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Reminds me of Dawkins when he first took the Stanford job.  Put him behind the 8-ball.  Hopefully that won't happen here.  Haase has his flaws, but lack of work ethic doesn't seem to be one of them, so maybe he won't suffer as a result of taking this side gig.  (Sorry, meant to reply to PVTree.)

Despite the reputation of some Stanford coaches, I think it is hard to get to this level of coaching without having made significant sacrifices and having a good work ethic. I think the question on Haase is whether he is working efficiently.  Is writing daily hand-written letters the best use of his time?  Indeed, that was the critique of Dawkins; I don't think anyone viewed being an assistant coach to the national team as a vacation boondoggle.  The critique was that, especially when he was starting out, whether that time could be better used getting to know his team or working on recruiting.  I think for a coach who has been here several years, that's less of an issue.

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Reminds me of Dawkins when he first took the Stanford job.  Put him behind the 8-ball.  Hopefully that won't happen here.  Haase has his flaws, but lack of work ethic doesn't seem to be one of them, so maybe he won't suffer as a result of taking this side gig.  (Sorry, meant to reply to PVTree.)

Despite the reputation of some Stanford coaches, I think it is hard to get to this level of coaching without having made significant sacrifices and having a good work ethic. I think the question on Haase is whether he is working efficiently.  Is writing daily hand-written letters the best use of his time?  Indeed, that was the critique of Dawkins; I don't think anyone viewed being an assistant coach to the national team as a vacation boondoggle.  The critique was that, especially when he was starting out, whether that time could be better used getting to know his team or working on recruiting.  I think for a coach who has been here several years, that's less of an issue.

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