01-28-2019, 12:22 AM
(01-27-2019, 09:08 AM)winflop Wrote: If there were real improvement in most of the players they'd have a better record. Davis is still a turnover machine - I really would like to see Wills run the point and have Davis take more of a scoring role. Sharma is less of a foul magnet but still commits too many stupid fouls given how little depth there is behind him. Okapala is the only true standout vs. last year. da Silva had a great game last night but it hasn't happened often enough he still seems either poorly utilized or a mismatch for Haase's system and this roster.
From what I've heard, the issue with Davis is that he is playing out of position. Stanford doesn't have a true point guard, not even Wills fits the bill, but one will arrive this fall.
It may turn out that Haase is not right for Stanford, but I believe that he knows how to coach based on what he was able to accomplish at UAB.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)