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The idea that some in the Stanford community are unhappy with 3 conference titles and 4 division titles in 9 seasons may boost the appeal of the NFL too. 

Very little of which has happened since 2015 (one division title), after which we have seen a 3-year slide as well as a postseason interview last week that seems to indicate that Shaw isn't going to make any changes in his coaching staff, clock management, game planning, play calling, or anything else.

I don't see where he'd jump to the Snyder dumpster fire, but there will be some other openings that could be more enticing. I don't expect he will take any of them.

Imagine if the past five years Shaw took Stanford from 4-8, 9-5, 9-4, 10-3, 12-2 [winning the Rose Bowl and finishing #3 in the nation] then Shaw would be the hottest commodity in college football. But the exact opposite has happened.

Imagine if he had gone 10-3, 4-7, and 3-7-1 over the past 3 years, he'd be...  

Bill Walsh.

Of course, we all know what a horrible football coach Bill Walsh was.

Walsh was a great coach who sustained 10+ win seasons at the NFL level for the last six years of his career.  Still..the year he left, George Seifert went 14-2, then two years later went 14-2 again.

I understand your point about Walsh being a great coach, but I don't think Walsh did any coaching after that 3-7-1 season.  Is that what you're suggesting for Shaw?

No, what I'm suggesting is that: (1) "imagining" things that didn't actually happen allows one to "prove" basically anything one wants; and, (2) judging a coach with one losing season [let alone two] as being not a particularly good coach can also lead to highly questionable conclusions.

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The idea that some in the Stanford community are unhappy with 3 conference titles and 4 division titles in 9 seasons may boost the appeal of the NFL too. 

Very little of which has happened since 2015 (one division title), after which we have seen a 3-year slide as well as a postseason interview last week that seems to indicate that Shaw isn't going to make any changes in his coaching staff, clock management, game planning, play calling, or anything else.

I don't see where he'd jump to the Snyder dumpster fire, but there will be some other openings that could be more enticing. I don't expect he will take any of them.

Imagine if the past five years Shaw took Stanford from 4-8, 9-5, 9-4, 10-3, 12-2 [winning the Rose Bowl and finishing #3 in the nation] then Shaw would be the hottest commodity in college football. But the exact opposite has happened.

Imagine if he had gone 10-3, 4-7, and 3-7-1 over the past 3 years, he'd be...  

Bill Walsh.

Of course, we all know what a horrible football coach Bill Walsh was.

Walsh was a great coach who sustained 10+ win seasons at the NFL level for the last six years of his career.  Still..the year he left, George Seifert went 14-2, then two years later went 14-2 again.

I understand your point about Walsh being a great coach, but I don't think Walsh did any coaching after that 3-7-1 season.  Is that what you're suggesting for Shaw?

No, what I'm suggesting is that: (1) "imagining" things that didn't actually happen allows one to "prove" basically anything one wants; and, (2) judging a coach with one losing season [let alone two] as being not a particularly good coach can also lead to highly questionable conclusions.