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For what it's worth, "good decision, bad outcome" sums up my views on the Haase hire. I just think that psychologically Muir will be prone to wishful thinking on Haase in a way he might not have been on Dawkins.
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Not only wishful thinking, but realizing that if he fires Haase he has to go hire somebody else. He may not have any candidates that he likes lined up and it is probably harder than ever to find a coach that wants to come to coach Stanford basketball. As lots of others on this board have pointed out it is hard to have confidence Muir can identify and hire a good replacement. Muir may feel the same, not because he thinks he is incompetent but rather because he has looked into it and didn't like what he saw.
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I'm on record as being okay with keeping Haase another year (though hiring someone new wouldn't have outraged me, either).  Only post here to say that any Athletic Director worth a damn would have a running, up-to-date short list of coaching candidates for every sport the school cares about - which at Stanford is a lot, and certainly the majors.  In other words, in football and basketball, the argument supporting the status quo based on "who else are you going to hire?" strikes me as weak.  And lazy.  

AD's should make decisions on the merits of the current coach and how he or she is doing at upholding program/school goals and priorities.  If they're meeting the goals/priorities, they stay.  If not, find someone else who will (and you should have that list handy to help you do that).

[teejers1]

For what it's worth, "good decision, bad outcome" sums up my views on the Haase hire. I just think that psychologically Muir will be prone to wishful thinking on Haase in a way he might not have been on Dawkins.
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Not only wishful thinking, but realizing that if he fires Haase he has to go hire somebody else. He may not have any candidates that he likes lined up and it is probably harder than ever to find a coach that wants to come to coach Stanford basketball. As lots of others on this board have pointed out it is hard to have confidence Muir can identify and hire a good replacement. Muir may feel the same, not because he thinks he is incompetent but rather because he has looked into it and didn't like what he saw.
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I'm on record as being okay with keeping Haase another year (though hiring someone new wouldn't have outraged me, either).  Only post here to say that any Athletic Director worth a damn would have a running, up-to-date short list of coaching candidates for every sport the school cares about - which at Stanford is a lot, and certainly the majors.  In other words, in football and basketball, the argument supporting the status quo based on "who else are you going to hire?" strikes me as weak.  And lazy.  

AD's should make decisions on the merits of the current coach and how he or she is doing at upholding program/school goals and priorities.  If they're meeting the goals/priorities, they stay.  If not, find someone else who will (and you should have that list handy to help you do that).