Lorenzo Romar's coaching shake-up at Washington led to his firing

One of the reasons the likable Lorenzo Romar was fired at Washington was because he broke up his coaching staff, dumping veteran X’s and O’s ace and chemistry-first assistant Jim Shaw to hire recruiting-centric assistants, similar to what Lute Olson did in 2006 when he let the anchor of his program, Jim Rosborough, go. It didn’t work then, either. Shaw spent two years under Randy Bennett at Saint Mary’s after leaving Washington. He was also Gary Payton ’s assistant coach at Oregon State. Now he’s the head coach at Western Oregon. 

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