I was on that Louisville team that he had a good game against when I was a freshman I think his senior year. He ran consistent routes, could body out defenders with his catches.. but his speed was only like 4.6 so I was kind of disappointed the nfl held that against him as he went team to team. He was a good player player imo. The following year we went against the duo Yamon Figurs and I got to go one on one with Jordy Nelson and then I understood the difference in what NFL teams probably wanted.
As a NFL prospect, Mike Haas was just overshadowed. He came out during the Reggie Williams/Mike Williams/Derek Hagan era in the Pac 10. They were more sure fire NFL prospects in the eyes of scouts. They had good production, on prominent teams, with pro athleticism. Mike Haas ran like a 4.6-4.7 40 at 6’0” 200, during an era where guys were 6’2” 215 PLUS WR’s were running sub 4.4’s! Haas was a SYSTEM prospect had he been drafted to the Patriots he would’ve balled but he fell to the Saints who had a Super Bowl roster. Overall good player.
I forgot how much talent Oregon State had around that time. He started with Stephen Jackson and two NFL quarterbacks Derek Anderson and Matt Moore. They used always have some NFL talent. I wonder why they fell off
That guy was an absolute playmaker. It’s a shame that this is the first time I’ve ever ever heard of him. He reminds me of Brandon Stokley in regards to how he plays the game. He is indeed a college football legend 💯🏈
I've been begging RU-vidrs to do a video of this guy for over a decade and out of nowhere it pops up on my feed. Mike Haas absolutely tore pac12 defenses to shreds and is mostly forgotten. It really is a shame
Remember other than Ed McCaffrey Ricky Proehl and Brandon Stokely there were NO white receivers for about 10 years from the mid 90s through the mid 00s. Igf he came out ten years later, when it was suddenly acceptable to have white receivers, he would have been legendary indeed.
I don’t understand the phenomenon of (presumably) white men in RU-vid comments sections alluding to the idea that white skill position players get discriminated against by white NFL decision makers. I actually think it’s the opposite. You don’t bat an eye when a fast black guy gets cut, but if any fast white guy doesn’t become a hall of famer, then he was the victim of discrimination. It is the manifestation of a white supremacist mindset.
Thank you SO much for making this video and giving him the respect Hass deserves. He was an extremely special player and incredibly fun to watch. I have never in my life seen a receiver who could catch balls the way he did. I don’t even know how to explain it. I’d love to see catches/targets stats, because if the ball was thrown to him, HE CAUGHT THemE fuggin ball , every god damn time. Passes that he had no business catching, he would SOMEHOW pull that shit down. He was absolutely electrifying to watch.
That's creating a false narrative because black athletes didn't become the majority because of racism, they actually became the dominant athelete "in spite of" racism. I understand your point about perception, but since we all being honest I felt we have to keep that in perspective also.
Sometimes it’s just where you are from. I grew up up in Long Island and although I was good at ball I have 0 offers because it was before social media is the way it is now and I never have the funding or resources to go to these camps for exposure. I had looks for lacrosse but 0 for football and I was better at football
Jesuit is at the highest level in Oregon; 4A was the top level then, and Jesuit is now 6A. Hass was a beast (his name doesn’t rhyme with Hagendaas, it rhymes with “Bad Ass”). - his QB, Derek Anderson (of “I take this shit seriously” fame and a Pro Bowl year), was from a small Oregon school, 3A Scappoose.
Mike Haas was a legendary player on all levels of football who had mad skills and had the heart of a lion to back it up.He was never given a fair shake in the NFL at a time when white RB's and WR's and DB's were frowned upon,pushed aside and went unnoticed in football.Sad because I believe he would have been special in the NFL had he not been passed over by the teams that he played for.
You have to take year into account. In 2001 there was no maxpreps. There was no hudl. There was now Facebook or Instagram or RU-vid. Cell phones were a relatively new thing for common people to have and they were without cameras. So a small catholic school back in 2001, even when winning a state championship, waa not going to have scouts show up to practice or games. Unless they were a perennial powerhouse with a few D1 guys coming out year after year. He wasn't a good NFL player. He was exceptional in college. Obviously. I have coached a considerable number of high school players who were D1 recruits...several 4 stars and currently coach a 5 star QB class of 26. I coach the varsity QBs and two years ago graduated a kid who went undefeated in 6 covid year games, went 10-2 in 2021 losing in the CIF Championship game after being forced to sit three games due to a SEC recruit D lineman seperated his non throwing shoulder. Bouncing back to beat a catholic school in the NorCal regional championship that hadn't lost to a public school since Carter was POTUS and hadnt lost in the playoffs until the State games (winning roughly half vs the big catholic schools they played). He was voted the NorCal player of the year 2020 and 2021 seasons. He received zero offers. He threw for over 3500 yards in 12 games and 42 tds/6 ints, completing 71% of his passes. He rushed for another nearly 600 yards adding 7 more tds and did so in our biggest games. In the days of hudl, maxpreps, Instagram...etc... Not. A. Single. Offer. He was recruited by college of the redlands where he won the starting job and played well until breaking his leg. The thing is, only the coach who sends his recruiters out and those recruiters know exactly what they are looking for. I had a class of 2020 slot receiver who ran a laser timed 4.34 forty, had 68 catches for 993 yards, 245 yards rushing, 11 receiving tds, 3 rushing tds, 2 kick returns for tds. Only one school offered him. Even though he was on a team that had two 4 star recruits at WR and one at RB and was having to produce while the ball was tossed around to other players. It was this kid who played defense when a big play was needed and was able to create space on offense to get open and break tackles to score the winning td in overtime to win the D1 State Championship game. In california D1 is the large schools.
I never knew anything about Mike Haas' career because he played before my time, but when I started collecting cards as a kid I came across a Mike Haas Oregon St autographed card. Saw the thumbnail of this video and thought 'is that the guy from that card I have'... Dude was a dawg!
To me Cooper Kupp is the perfected style of what Haas was, he just got lucky that the rams gave him a chance. So many teams in the NFL back in the mid 2000s missed out on great players by being so stuck in old ways of thinking
Pretty obvious why the disrespect - wrong skin color for that position. Jesuit is a D1 football factory. Its basically a private school that recruits all the good players around the state. The Oregon Ducks roster has had many Jesuit players on it over the years. Hass had the exposure playing for an elite high school program.
You saying guys like Steve Largent, Kupp amongst others weren't good because of their skin color. Any white player that can ball out will be elevated cause let's face it we whites own the teams and we are always looking for that great white hope.
if you said cornerback you would at least have some semblence of a point here, but Wide Receiver? There's tons of star wide receivers that are white in the NFL 😂
So awesome to see him highlighted. Great video. Best hands I've ever seen, I'd love to see his drop rate. Too bad he never got a real opportunity in the NFL.
@@orderofgrandpubaIt’s not a theory that he was killed by friendly fire, that’s fact. The question is whether it was intentional, and there is some significant circumstantial evidence that it may have been, given his disillusionment with the war and the attempts by the US military to cover it up.
I enjoyed watching the video and I agree with your video title, but you also continued the disrespect for your failure to say his name as much as you should have during your narration of the video...
It's not about respect, it's about color. Coaches think a player has to be black. It's as simple as that. But, before you cry too much for this guy, he did absolutely nothing in the NFL. He was good in college, but not at the next level.
Jesuit's the best program in the Portland Metro area, and one of the best in the state.....he should have gotten some offers, and his later career at OSU proved it.
I wonder how differently he would've been treated if he was black. Wide Receiver and Cornerback are probably the only positions besides RB where you're at a disadvantage. Kicker and Punter are prob the only positions where it's an advantage.
Nothing is promised, dude still had a career where many would love to have had. I wouldn't say he was disrespected; many players fall through the cracks. Most likely it opened some doors for him that might not have been there if not for his football career. I hope he focus on his achievements and not on what might have been.
Hass had many flashy plays and was exciting to watch every game. I been going to oregon state games for over 20 years, hes by far the best receiver I have ever seen in person. Just throw the ball up and he will go get it. I was at the bosie state game and he really had over 350 receiving yards but penalites brought it back in the 290s. Only reggie bush was better in person that i have seen live at games. Mike hass was disrespect ed in nfl. He has one greatest catches ever flying out the corner endzone for the bears, even the qb couldn't believe that he caught the pass. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KZER-fPs2zA.htmlfeature=shared Thanks for the video. Hass got a job with nike and worked on receiver gloves. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KZER-fPs2zA.htmlfeature=shared
@@RIPJimmyA7XCool. Kupp is the exception that proves the rule. Kupp was in the discussion for best receiver in the league. Guess that’s what you expect out of Hass.
It’s cuz football was racist back then and still is now that’s why everyone is freaking out that cooler dejean is going to still play corner in the nfl
He is white playig in what is a black position. I am not saying this blindly, I was a HS FB coach for 15 years. I have seen it happen over and over. Football goes like this, If two athletes are identical in talent but one is white and the other is black, the black kid will be picked 100% of the time. It's just how it is.
