10-28-2021, 02:31 PM
Since we can't talk about men's basketball unless we talk about football, here is a sort-of equivalent analysis of Stanford football results under David Shaw.
2011: final four games resulted in 2 wins and 2 losses, 11-2 overall, 8-1 in conference play, lost final game of the season (L1), lost the Fiesta Bowl
2012: 4-0, 12-2 (8-1), W4, won Rose Bowl
2013: 3-1, 11-3 (7-2), L1, lost Rose Bowl
2014: 3-1, 8-5 (5-4), W3, won Foster Farms Bowl
2015: 4-0, 12-2 (8-1), W4, won Rose Bowl
2016: 4-0, 10-3 (6-3), W6, won Sun Bowl
2017: 2-2, 9-5 (7-2), L2, lost Alamo Bowl
2018: 4-0, 9-4 (6-3), W4, won Sun Bowl
2019: 0-4, 4-8 (3-6), L4
2020: 4-0, 4-2 (4-2), W4
So even looking at just the last five years--to compare with Haase--it's not surprising to see that Shaw's teams are superior in each of these measures: last third(ish) of the season, overall record, conference record, end of the season winning-losing streak, postseason accomplishments.
2011: final four games resulted in 2 wins and 2 losses, 11-2 overall, 8-1 in conference play, lost final game of the season (L1), lost the Fiesta Bowl
2012: 4-0, 12-2 (8-1), W4, won Rose Bowl
2013: 3-1, 11-3 (7-2), L1, lost Rose Bowl
2014: 3-1, 8-5 (5-4), W3, won Foster Farms Bowl
2015: 4-0, 12-2 (8-1), W4, won Rose Bowl
2016: 4-0, 10-3 (6-3), W6, won Sun Bowl
2017: 2-2, 9-5 (7-2), L2, lost Alamo Bowl
2018: 4-0, 9-4 (6-3), W4, won Sun Bowl
2019: 0-4, 4-8 (3-6), L4
2020: 4-0, 4-2 (4-2), W4
So even looking at just the last five years--to compare with Haase--it's not surprising to see that Shaw's teams are superior in each of these measures: last third(ish) of the season, overall record, conference record, end of the season winning-losing streak, postseason accomplishments.
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)