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Here's Smith's full D-I head coaching resume: https://barttorvik.com/coach-history.php...le%20Smith  Color me not very impressed.

We hired Haase basically based on a single good season, and I think we'd be doing the same with Smith. 

And it's not just one good season from Smith--it's more like one good player.  It's safe to say that if Isaac Jones hadn't transferred to WSU, WSU isn't in the Tourney, and Smith isn't a candidate for the MBB job, right?  Maybe we shouldn't be hiring people who were one transfer player away from not being a candidate?

On the other hand, Smith might be the best we can get.  Bleh.

I want a coach who can actually coach. Do you think the talent on WSU's roster this year is better than Stanford's talent this year? I don't. Yet WSU is in into the round of 32. I don't care if the next coach is Smith - just get somebody who knows what to do with the players available.

Yes, I think the talent on WSU's roster was better than Stanford's.  I saw at least 2 of the WSU games, and they had the best players on the court each time.  Jones, Wells, and Rice would all have started at Stanford and Jones or Rice would probably have been our best player. Those two guys were both all-Pac-12.

[burger]

Here's Smith's full D-I head coaching resume: https://barttorvik.com/coach-history.php...le%20Smith  Color me not very impressed.

We hired Haase basically based on a single good season, and I think we'd be doing the same with Smith. 

And it's not just one good season from Smith--it's more like one good player.  It's safe to say that if Isaac Jones hadn't transferred to WSU, WSU isn't in the Tourney, and Smith isn't a candidate for the MBB job, right?  Maybe we shouldn't be hiring people who were one transfer player away from not being a candidate?

On the other hand, Smith might be the best we can get.  Bleh.

I want a coach who can actually coach. Do you think the talent on WSU's roster this year is better than Stanford's talent this year? I don't. Yet WSU is in into the round of 32. I don't care if the next coach is Smith - just get somebody who knows what to do with the players available.

Yes, I think the talent on WSU's roster was better than Stanford's.  I saw at least 2 of the WSU games, and they had the best players on the court each time.  Jones, Wells, and Rice would all have started at Stanford and Jones or Rice would probably have been our best player. Those two guys were both all-Pac-12.