[winflop]

I seem to recall that an email onslaught force Ted Leland to fire Walt Harris. I'm encouraging everyone to do the same now with Muir. Here's my little piece that I just sent:

Dear Mr. Muir,


I read your announcement yesterday that Coach Haase would stay on with a combination of disappointment, frustration, and incredulity. It’s been six years – six MORE years – of mediocre men’s basketball and thousands upon thousands of empty seats in Maples every game. Seriously, how much more do you need to see to understand that men’s basketball desperately needs new leadership?

There’s nothing in Coach Haase’s record at Stanford that gives any indication that the program is going to make the major leap next season from an occasional bid to the Not Important Tournament to an NCAA bid next year. That’s the bar that should have been set with him after last season’s disastrous finish – a bar that the team didn’t even come close to reaching this season.

Among Coach Haase’s unacceptably poor results, the one that sticks out most to me is the performance at the end of the regular season and in postseason. Good teams play better as the season goes on. Stanford has consistently played worse as the season has gone on under Coach Haase, with the last two seasons in particular being among the worst.


All I can do is tell you how poor I think this decision is, beg you to reconsider it, and to vote with my wallet and my feet. As long as Coach Haase is on our sideline, I will no longer be donating to the Buck/Cardinal Club and I won’t accept even free tickets to men’s basketball.

[winflop]

I seem to recall that an email onslaught force Ted Leland to fire Walt Harris. I'm encouraging everyone to do the same now with Muir. Here's my little piece that I just sent:

Dear Mr. Muir,


I read your announcement yesterday that Coach Haase would stay on with a combination of disappointment, frustration, and incredulity. It’s been six years – six MORE years – of mediocre men’s basketball and thousands upon thousands of empty seats in Maples every game. Seriously, how much more do you need to see to understand that men’s basketball desperately needs new leadership?

There’s nothing in Coach Haase’s record at Stanford that gives any indication that the program is going to make the major leap next season from an occasional bid to the Not Important Tournament to an NCAA bid next year. That’s the bar that should have been set with him after last season’s disastrous finish – a bar that the team didn’t even come close to reaching this season.

Among Coach Haase’s unacceptably poor results, the one that sticks out most to me is the performance at the end of the regular season and in postseason. Good teams play better as the season goes on. Stanford has consistently played worse as the season has gone on under Coach Haase, with the last two seasons in particular being among the worst.


All I can do is tell you how poor I think this decision is, beg you to reconsider it, and to vote with my wallet and my feet. As long as Coach Haase is on our sideline, I will no longer be donating to the Buck/Cardinal Club and I won’t accept even free tickets to men’s basketball.