04-07-2026, 10:35 PM
I’ve been a season ticket holder for over 30 years and was a Varsity athlete at Stanford.
I’m also close to the family of a UCLA women’s basketball player and have gotten to know several of the families and seen Cori and the team up close and how different their program is.
When we take off our rose (or cardinal) colored glasses off and look objectively at Stanford’s Women’s Basketball the last 5+ years, especially now with 6 players transferring and the realization that our style and approach to coaching no longer works in a world where power has shifted towards the players and they don’t have to stay in a toxic environment - I see Haley, Lauren, and all the players that transferred when TVD was still coaching in a different light. I honor their courage to make the decision that for some meant giving up on a Stanford degree. And I know that UCLA isn’t buying players to win a National Championship. They want to be at UCLA and play together.
I wish we had done better for our players and I hope we can in the future.
I’m also close to the family of a UCLA women’s basketball player and have gotten to know several of the families and seen Cori and the team up close and how different their program is.
When we take off our rose (or cardinal) colored glasses off and look objectively at Stanford’s Women’s Basketball the last 5+ years, especially now with 6 players transferring and the realization that our style and approach to coaching no longer works in a world where power has shifted towards the players and they don’t have to stay in a toxic environment - I see Haley, Lauren, and all the players that transferred when TVD was still coaching in a different light. I honor their courage to make the decision that for some meant giving up on a Stanford degree. And I know that UCLA isn’t buying players to win a National Championship. They want to be at UCLA and play together.
I wish we had done better for our players and I hope we can in the future.