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  but we'll get to see how good Shaw's instincts are.

Except we won't because we'll never really know why Shaw chose otherwise.

If Shaw decided Rosen was never going to be a good enough quarterback inherently, then we're likely to get an answer. If Shaw decided there was something about Stanford and Rosen that didn't fit well together ... well we'll not be directly testing that hypothesis.

And if you are in a position to get a straight answer on that from Shaw, you probably shouldn't be posting it on a message board.

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  but we'll get to see how good Shaw's instincts are.

Except we won't because we'll never really know why Shaw chose otherwise.

If Shaw decided Rosen was never going to be a good enough quarterback inherently, then we're likely to get an answer. If Shaw decided there was something about Stanford and Rosen that didn't fit well together ... well we'll not be directly testing that hypothesis.

And if you are in a position to get a straight answer on that from Shaw, you probably shouldn't be posting it on a message board.