I hope he enjoyed the thrashing and could envision himself at Hec Ed next year. I don’t know why, but I’m optimistic about our chances to land him. It won’t be the end of the world if we don’t get him, but “I Gotta Feelin’!”

The difference between the program with Lorenzo and without is like night and day (And I’m not talking about Errol and Jeffrey).

Yes, there have been problems this year that need to be worked through, but to suggest that Romar should be fired or even hugely blamed in some dark manner for what has happened (so far) this year is an HBN (Husky Basketball Neophyte) or a rival that just wants to stir up trouble.

There may be coaches that are better than Lorenzo, but none as loyal to UW, able to recruit AND as able a representative for UW to the community.

Find me one who comes close and I’ll be shocked if it’s not Ken Bone who Lorenzo brought in and as of yet has not proven near as much as Romar.

Love this paragraph especially:

“Romar is the coach of the Huskies. He is not perfect, but he has taken this program from obsucrity to relevance. As a fan, that is all you could ever ask for. Are we a better program since he has arrived? Absolutely, 100% yes. Every year we have a chance to go the dance, we won the Pac-10 outright last year, etc…”

We have to accept the fact that our talent just isn’t that great this year. We are right about where we should be with the current talent.

Although I don’t always agree with his substitutions, his offense or his defense, I know enough about bball to understand that I have NO IDEA what goes on behind the scenes. There is so much more to coaching than simply what we see on TV Thurs/Sat. I have to assume the LoRo knows his team and players better than I do, if for no other reason, than because of the amount of time he spends with these guys. So I have to trust in that.

The results are the results. They are quantifiable and absolute. How well does he develop players? Should we do this more? Should we do that more? These are questions that are fun to ask, but in the end, impossible to answer. If a few more shots went in this season, we would have beaten UCLA on the road, and Texas Tech, too… those two wins would put us back in the tourney picture. Does that make Romar a better coach?

LoRo and staff spend all day every day coaching, strategizing, etc… We have to trust that they are finding the right answers based on what they know about the team, the competition, etc… which is a heck of a lot more than we all do.

Now, if we start NOT being a tournament team every year for the next few years, we can start picking on Romar. Results. Results. Results. The process is not significant. This is a quality basketball program. Romar runs the program. For now, we have to embrace that, cheer for the Huskies and hope that we can continue to compete for the Pac 10.

Stop the hate and recognize how far this program has come. Every program goes through a down year and we seem to be going through one.