[ThePassionOfTheChryst]

I'm a Shaw fan but your premise is flawed.  Stanford hasn't exactly had the most impressive chronology of football coaches over the past 30 years, so one's inability to come up with two better options from that group isn't necessarily a feather in Shaw's cap.  It's the same argument 49er fans use to defend Kaepernick.  "But he's the best 49er QB since Garcia!"  True, but all the QBs between Garcia and Kaepernick were laughably bad.  Not saying the coaches between 1985 and 2011 were equally miserable, but you get my point.

That said, it's still too soon to determine whether Harbaugh or Shaw is the better coach.  I'd like to see a rebound from last year and sustained success with his own guys before making that decision.  However, Harbaugh would be the only possibility.  Looking at the list, I can't find another one.

[ThePassionOfTheChryst]

I'm a Shaw fan but your premise is flawed.  Stanford hasn't exactly had the most impressive chronology of football coaches over the past 30 years, so one's inability to come up with two better options from that group isn't necessarily a feather in Shaw's cap.  It's the same argument 49er fans use to defend Kaepernick.  "But he's the best 49er QB since Garcia!"  True, but all the QBs between Garcia and Kaepernick were laughably bad.  Not saying the coaches between 1985 and 2011 were equally miserable, but you get my point.

That said, it's still too soon to determine whether Harbaugh or Shaw is the better coach.  I'd like to see a rebound from last year and sustained success with his own guys before making that decision.  However, Harbaugh would be the only possibility.  Looking at the list, I can't find another one.