09-09-2017, 09:36 PM
Well, sure, but Shaw could be doing even better from a recruiting perspective. You need to have deep, strong, comprehensive teams, and having a dud class really hampers a team down the road.
Shaw himself has said that Stanford, historically, has been a school with peaks and valleys -- and one of his goals is to take the valleys out. He's also said he wants to win titles. Both are worthy goals. If he wants to accomplish them, one excellent sub-goal would be to avoid 2013-style classes. Particularly at the line. Sadly, the odds are pretty strong that 2018 will resemble 2013.
Shaw himself has said that Stanford, historically, has been a school with peaks and valleys -- and one of his goals is to take the valleys out. He's also said he wants to win titles. Both are worthy goals. If he wants to accomplish them, one excellent sub-goal would be to avoid 2013-style classes. Particularly at the line. Sadly, the odds are pretty strong that 2018 will resemble 2013.