I was just out at a bar, and the bartender, who used to play lacrosse, told me that Haus had been canned. I came home and found out that it was true.

As a lot of you know, I have been a Haus-basher in past years. But, IMHO, the main reason he wasn't able to get it done at Carolina is because of his people skills. Yes, the man does know lacrosse, and a big reason the Tar Heels had losing seasons in 2005 and 2006 were because he didn't have all great assistants. And he inherited a Carolina program not in great shape.

But, going back to Haus' people skills. He didn't have much, if any. As a result, he couldn't relate well to his players, which resulted in them not always being prepared and in their best shape. He couldn't get it done with recruiting, either. And, as I have said before, Carolina should be recruiting almost as well as UVA for what they have to offer:

1. great school
2. beautiful campus
3. best college town in America
4. nice stadium and great facilities
5. beautiful girls
6. away from home for most of the lacrosse studs

But yet, Haus wasn't able to recruit loads of blue-chippers. Even if your school is an easy sell for talent, you still have to have the people skills as a coach and be a good salesman in order to get the talent.

Haus was a great defensive coach at Hopkins, so I think any school would be lucky to get him as a defensive coach. Or, I think he could do well at the DIII level, where recruiting isn't quite as big of a deal.