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FWIW, the advanced stats gave us just a 16% chance to win today, and this was the second hardest game remaining on our schedule (hardest being @UCLA).

Maybe Haase will be the first NCAA basketball coach fired despite winning his final 14 regular-season games...

I will never root for the team to lose but it would be classic Stanford if they win just enough down the stretch that Muir doesn't pull the plug. Haase needs to be gone regardless of what happens from here. That said, it's nice that our annual good start then late-season collapse may actually be reversed this year.

I think the home game against Arizona and the away game against USC will be tougher than tonight's game. I'd love to be wrong about that, though. Also, let's say they somehow go 2-1 during that tough stretch against Arizona, UCLA and USC, and win out against everyone else. That would mean they finished the conference season at 12-8,  the regular season at 19-12, and completed a remarkable 13-1 stretch. If they were to win two games in the conference tournament, they would finish with 21 wins and have an 8-2 record in their last ten games. That's definitely worth an NIT bid and worth consideration for an NCAA bid at the very least. Do we still let Haase go and have the team start all over again with a new coach? I'd say, "No". Don't wait another 7 years for the next postseason bid, but don't seek a change when we finally get to where we want to be, either.

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Of course, I'd STILL want to get rid of Muir.

It's an unlikely hypothetical, but none of that remotely merits keeping Haase. He should be gone without a second's further thought. 6.5 years of poor coaching, late-season collapses, underperforming with his talent and losing the locker room multiple times doesn't wash away a nice little flourish at the end of year 7. And, yes, Muir should also go regardless.

[FarmTeam]

FWIW, the advanced stats gave us just a 16% chance to win today, and this was the second hardest game remaining on our schedule (hardest being @UCLA).

Maybe Haase will be the first NCAA basketball coach fired despite winning his final 14 regular-season games...

I will never root for the team to lose but it would be classic Stanford if they win just enough down the stretch that Muir doesn't pull the plug. Haase needs to be gone regardless of what happens from here. That said, it's nice that our annual good start then late-season collapse may actually be reversed this year.

I think the home game against Arizona and the away game against USC will be tougher than tonight's game. I'd love to be wrong about that, though. Also, let's say they somehow go 2-1 during that tough stretch against Arizona, UCLA and USC, and win out against everyone else. That would mean they finished the conference season at 12-8,  the regular season at 19-12, and completed a remarkable 13-1 stretch. If they were to win two games in the conference tournament, they would finish with 21 wins and have an 8-2 record in their last ten games. That's definitely worth an NIT bid and worth consideration for an NCAA bid at the very least. Do we still let Haase go and have the team start all over again with a new coach? I'd say, "No". Don't wait another 7 years for the next postseason bid, but don't seek a change when we finally get to where we want to be, either.

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Of course, I'd STILL want to get rid of Muir.

It's an unlikely hypothetical, but none of that remotely merits keeping Haase. He should be gone without a second's further thought. 6.5 years of poor coaching, late-season collapses, underperforming with his talent and losing the locker room multiple times doesn't wash away a nice little flourish at the end of year 7. And, yes, Muir should also go regardless.