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Stanford is a case study in shiny recruiting classes that haven't panned out well on the court.  Very disappointing, I'm sure Haase puts in the work to recruit, but for whatever reason, he isn't getting it done in practice or in games.

I'm not a basketball expert by any means.  I was a wrestler and never played organized basketball.  But, aren't the assistant coaches just as important as the head coach in developing players and implementing game strategy?  Did Hasse fail to hire effective assistants?  Either way, it's on him.  Just curious.

I would agree. Probably matters a lot more in football, and we've seen what happens when asst coaches' player development skills are ineffective.  In basketball, a much smaller team means a head coach has a lot more influence on the players, but I'm sure the assistants also matter in the way you say.

In terms of skill development, the assistants matter a lot. But offensive & defensive schemes and in-game play calling falls directly on Haase. But, as was said, Haase has hired all of the assistants so ultimately it all falls on him (same as with Shaw)

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Stanford is a case study in shiny recruiting classes that haven't panned out well on the court.  Very disappointing, I'm sure Haase puts in the work to recruit, but for whatever reason, he isn't getting it done in practice or in games.

I'm not a basketball expert by any means.  I was a wrestler and never played organized basketball.  But, aren't the assistant coaches just as important as the head coach in developing players and implementing game strategy?  Did Hasse fail to hire effective assistants?  Either way, it's on him.  Just curious.

I would agree. Probably matters a lot more in football, and we've seen what happens when asst coaches' player development skills are ineffective.  In basketball, a much smaller team means a head coach has a lot more influence on the players, but I'm sure the assistants also matter in the way you say.

In terms of skill development, the assistants matter a lot. But offensive & defensive schemes and in-game play calling falls directly on Haase. But, as was said, Haase has hired all of the assistants so ultimately it all falls on him (same as with Shaw)