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(03-16-2016 11:39 PM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  

(03-16-2016 11:27 PM)demiveeman Wrote:  

(03-16-2016 11:18 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  So let's say next year is an exact repeat of this year. Record breaking wins. Wins the regular season, but loses in the tournament and the NIT. You want him fired?

Seriously.

Honestly, I'd be really concerned. This conference is garbage...and we should be dominating it and we should be able to get through the first game of the conference tournament.

We can give Haase a pass on his first two years as rebuilding years...but the core of this team is what he put together for the long haul.

The first year we over-achieved, the 2nd year we under-achieved. If we under-achieve again next year, that will be a trend...and it will leave us with just one year left to get it right with this core.

So let me get this straight. 26-7 ,& a conference title is underachieving ?

If the goal is NCAA tournament appearances and wins, which I believe it is, then absolutely it is. We underachieved.

We went from winning 3 games in the conference tournament and then upsetting the #3 seed in the NCAA tournament...to losing our first game in the conference tournament and then getting beat by almost double digits in the our first (and only) game of the NIT.

Haase, our coaches, and our players will all tell you we underachieved. That will be the theme of the team going into next year. It will be discussed at length. They did not meet their expectations. And next year they will, hopefully, be focused on meeting those expectations and exceeding them.