[Papa John]

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Let's get a real coach. A coach who has won at every level. Like a Kyle Smith. Not a career assistant (Dawkins, Haase, Paye anyone?). This is still a big time job in WBB and we'd be able to attract a good coach.

Just a reminder that there's no magic formula for finding the right coach for Stanford. You can have a coach who was highly successful head coach at school A not be successful at Stanford. 

Jerod Haase was not a career assistant. In fact he coached 4 years at UAB 2012-2016. The year before he started at UAB, the Blazers went 15-16 overall and 9-7 (tied for 5th) in Conference USA. Haase's record at UAB:
2012–13: 16–17 overall, 7–9 conference (7th)
2013–14: 18–13, 7–9 (T–8th)
2014–15: 20–16, 12–6 (T–4th), NCAA Division I Round of 32
2015–16: 26–7, 16–2 (1st) NIT First Round

I was an undergrad when Stanford hired Tom Davis, who was 100-47 (20-14) at Boston College. His last two years at BC he took the Eagles took the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight! At Stanford however, his teams went 58-59 (25-47) with his best season in 1983-84 when the Cardinal went 19-12 (8-10, tied for 5th in the Pac-10).

In the men's game, there are plenty of examples of first-time head coaches who turned out great: Jim Boeheim at Syracuse, Roy Williams at Kansas, Tom Izzo at Michigan State, Mark Few at Gonzaga (to name a Few). I don't know the women's game nearly as well, but Geno Auriemma has only coached at UConn.

I agree that Stanford can and should attract a good coach. I think we'll know sometime next winter if Kate Paye is that person. But if she's not, we could hire someone with a successful record like Tom Davis--or Jerod Haase, for that matter--and end up even worse off than we were this year. At the least, I want to see what the team looks like after the transfer portal on April 21 before I'm ready to give up on KP.

[Papa John]

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Let's get a real coach. A coach who has won at every level. Like a Kyle Smith. Not a career assistant (Dawkins, Haase, Paye anyone?). This is still a big time job in WBB and we'd be able to attract a good coach.

Just a reminder that there's no magic formula for finding the right coach for Stanford. You can have a coach who was highly successful head coach at school A not be successful at Stanford. 

Jerod Haase was not a career assistant. In fact he coached 4 years at UAB 2012-2016. The year before he started at UAB, the Blazers went 15-16 overall and 9-7 (tied for 5th) in Conference USA. Haase's record at UAB:
2012–13: 16–17 overall, 7–9 conference (7th)
2013–14: 18–13, 7–9 (T–8th)
2014–15: 20–16, 12–6 (T–4th), NCAA Division I Round of 32
2015–16: 26–7, 16–2 (1st) NIT First Round

I was an undergrad when Stanford hired Tom Davis, who was 100-47 (20-14) at Boston College. His last two years at BC he took the Eagles took the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight! At Stanford however, his teams went 58-59 (25-47) with his best season in 1983-84 when the Cardinal went 19-12 (8-10, tied for 5th in the Pac-10).

In the men's game, there are plenty of examples of first-time head coaches who turned out great: Jim Boeheim at Syracuse, Roy Williams at Kansas, Tom Izzo at Michigan State, Mark Few at Gonzaga (to name a Few). I don't know the women's game nearly as well, but Geno Auriemma has only coached at UConn.

I agree that Stanford can and should attract a good coach. I think we'll know sometime next winter if Kate Paye is that person. But if she's not, we could hire someone with a successful record like Tom Davis--or Jerod Haase, for that matter--and end up even worse off than we were this year. At the least, I want to see what the team looks like after the transfer portal on April 21 before I'm ready to give up on KP.