[TriangleTree]

I'm done with Haase.

This year I was willing to give him one more chance to prove he could get his team to perform to the level of its recruited talent. Then it's not competitive at all against the best teams, bungle their way through mediocre mid-level teams, and lose to a team like Santa Clara. This has basically transformed me from a passionate fan to a casual fan of Stanford MBB, like the Football program has. The product is just unwatchable with how disjointed and inconsistent Haase teams play.

What is most discouraging is Mark Fox can't recruit his way out of a paper bag, but he is a much, much better basketball coach who gets way , way more out of his team than Haase does. 

So congrats on another 5 star hoops recruit, but I have no belief he will get Stanford MBB into anything approaching relevance. I now question if Haase ever landed two top 25 players in the same class, if he'd even get his team to the NCAA tournament.  I don't know what made his teams perform at UAB, but whatever it was isn't working at Stanford, and/or Stanford isn't giving him what he needs. In any case, I should be pumped about landing a Top 25 player, but I am not, because I have no faith in the MBB program to make it matter where it counts.

Yeah, I think we all have become Missouri residents when it comes to Stanford men's basketball. Hasse seems to be an excellent recruiter, has a lot of EUTM, but just can't seem to turn out anything better than a mediocre product. Given how long this has been going on, it is hard to predict improvement.

Haase Stanford teams have been particularly poor at finishing the season strong, with notable and disappointing declines towards the end of the last few seasons.
This team is off to a mediocre start but they are capable of improving and are showing signs. Angel and Taitz are becoming strong reliable contributors, Ingram is as mature a freshman as any I've seen and gives us a reliable go-to-guy at crunch time. Spencer's is becoming a complete player, defender and slasher whose shooting touch may be coming back. Delaire keeps improving and O'Connell continues to show he can be a top point guard.  I'd love to see more from Reynaud whom I think is underutilized but hopefully that will come.

All to say that unlike others I once again have hope. 

What I'm looking for this year is continued improvement, a strong finish and team unity. Now if we could just get a game in.

[TriangleTree]

I'm done with Haase.

This year I was willing to give him one more chance to prove he could get his team to perform to the level of its recruited talent. Then it's not competitive at all against the best teams, bungle their way through mediocre mid-level teams, and lose to a team like Santa Clara. This has basically transformed me from a passionate fan to a casual fan of Stanford MBB, like the Football program has. The product is just unwatchable with how disjointed and inconsistent Haase teams play.

What is most discouraging is Mark Fox can't recruit his way out of a paper bag, but he is a much, much better basketball coach who gets way , way more out of his team than Haase does. 

So congrats on another 5 star hoops recruit, but I have no belief he will get Stanford MBB into anything approaching relevance. I now question if Haase ever landed two top 25 players in the same class, if he'd even get his team to the NCAA tournament.  I don't know what made his teams perform at UAB, but whatever it was isn't working at Stanford, and/or Stanford isn't giving him what he needs. In any case, I should be pumped about landing a Top 25 player, but I am not, because I have no faith in the MBB program to make it matter where it counts.

Yeah, I think we all have become Missouri residents when it comes to Stanford men's basketball. Hasse seems to be an excellent recruiter, has a lot of EUTM, but just can't seem to turn out anything better than a mediocre product. Given how long this has been going on, it is hard to predict improvement.

Haase Stanford teams have been particularly poor at finishing the season strong, with notable and disappointing declines towards the end of the last few seasons.
This team is off to a mediocre start but they are capable of improving and are showing signs. Angel and Taitz are becoming strong reliable contributors, Ingram is as mature a freshman as any I've seen and gives us a reliable go-to-guy at crunch time. Spencer's is becoming a complete player, defender and slasher whose shooting touch may be coming back. Delaire keeps improving and O'Connell continues to show he can be a top point guard.  I'd love to see more from Reynaud whom I think is underutilized but hopefully that will come.

All to say that unlike others I once again have hope. 

What I'm looking for this year is continued improvement, a strong finish and team unity. Now if we could just get a game in.