10-28-2021, 01:59 PM
I opted for a losing season and Haase avoiding termination (yet again).
My guess is that a number of Stanford teams will have sub-par seasons as they all struggle to get back to pre-COVID levels of winning given the very real challenges of training, recruiting and coaching during COVID at Stanford. Those challenges will be just enough to let Haase stay (again) even if the team does finish ~9th in the Pac as predicted by preseason poll.
There are a number of nice people that are great at recruiting that are not able to outcoach their peers. In the Haase era, Stanford has come close to beating very good teams in November. Then each season it seemed that Stanford slipped a bit before the conference schedule started, but still looked competitive enough to potentially get into the NCAA tournament. And yet by late February and March it has been clear the team was stumbling down the stretch and would be on the wrong side of the bubble. The in-game trends feel just as hopeless.
Perhaps the stats tell a different story but my perception has been that the in-game and in-season declines are too common under Haase. And that those slides are on the coaching staff.
Can't help but wonder...
Just what exactly is Haase's record in November? in December? in January? in February? in March?
And during the Haase era how has Stanford done in the first half of games vs the second half of games?
My guess is that a number of Stanford teams will have sub-par seasons as they all struggle to get back to pre-COVID levels of winning given the very real challenges of training, recruiting and coaching during COVID at Stanford. Those challenges will be just enough to let Haase stay (again) even if the team does finish ~9th in the Pac as predicted by preseason poll.
There are a number of nice people that are great at recruiting that are not able to outcoach their peers. In the Haase era, Stanford has come close to beating very good teams in November. Then each season it seemed that Stanford slipped a bit before the conference schedule started, but still looked competitive enough to potentially get into the NCAA tournament. And yet by late February and March it has been clear the team was stumbling down the stretch and would be on the wrong side of the bubble. The in-game trends feel just as hopeless.
Perhaps the stats tell a different story but my perception has been that the in-game and in-season declines are too common under Haase. And that those slides are on the coaching staff.
Can't help but wonder...
Just what exactly is Haase's record in November? in December? in January? in February? in March?
And during the Haase era how has Stanford done in the first half of games vs the second half of games?