10-27-2017, 05:34 AM
Yeah, I think it's perfectly consistent to say:
1) the game last night was disturbingly bad
2) it was indicative of some bad trends in Stanford football that need to be reversed if the program wants to endure or progress beyond its current level
3) Shaw's a great coach
You can find some pretty bad embarrassments for literally any coach if you want to dig hard enough. So I don't think this invalidates Shaw at all. But I do think it should provide him and the staff with a kick in the pants to do better. Because ultimately the poor performance last night wasn't on bad luck or the players, it was on the strategy and tactics that got the team there -- i.e. the coaching.
1) the game last night was disturbingly bad
2) it was indicative of some bad trends in Stanford football that need to be reversed if the program wants to endure or progress beyond its current level
3) Shaw's a great coach
You can find some pretty bad embarrassments for literally any coach if you want to dig hard enough. So I don't think this invalidates Shaw at all. But I do think it should provide him and the staff with a kick in the pants to do better. Because ultimately the poor performance last night wasn't on bad luck or the players, it was on the strategy and tactics that got the team there -- i.e. the coaching.