[teejers1]

2.  Don't want to undermine Arizona's win today because Murray was (obviously) the difference in the game.  BUT, once again, Kyle Shanahan blows a game and no one calls him on it (at least that I have heard in post-game chatter).  It happened at the end of the 1H.  You have two timeouts left and something like a minute left on the clock.  You are deep in AZ's territory.  You have to run the ball there.  Burn clock or at least make AZ burn a timeout or two (all they had).  Nope.  Dude is in love with his pass play schemes and that ego once again reared its ugly head to overcome the smart play (see first Seahawks game last year in OT; also think he blew the 2nd and 5 call in the Super Bowl in Q4 - run the ball there . . . 3 times if necessary).  But instead, Shanahan reverts to passes; incomplete; stopped clock; After the 'Niners' Chippie FG, AZ has just enough time to get into long FG range (burning both timeouts in the process) and score 3 points.  NEVER SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED!  It's so freaking basic; yet this guy has a blind spot for EOG and EOH clock management.  He really needs a sanity check guy on the headsets.

Wait, are you suggesting he should have turtled like Shaw?

BC

Depending on how long you've been off the Bootleg, you might know that my complaint with Shaw is not turtling, per se; but rather, a terrible offensive scheme combined with utter lack of game awareness in too many instances to be called the inevitable, once-in-a-blue-moon, screw up.  HCs must give their teams the best chance to win, and what that means varies game by game (of course).  I still think the WORST of Shaw's extensive list of really bad in-game decisions came at Utah many years ago.  In that EOG situation, it was 100% plain to anyone watching the game that Stanford should have pounded the ball into the end zone for the winning score from the 2 yard line (think they even gained 6 yards on their last running play).  instead, it was INC, INC, game over (and that one may have cost Stanford a CFB playoff).  

So no, it's not turtling that is the problem with Shaw (though it is A problem for Shaw).  Nor is it always running the ball when he should throw; in fact, it is often throwing when he should run.  And in this last example, Shanahan has shown signs of suffering from the same cluelessness.  But Shanahan is given a WAY longer leash because of all the other brilliant things he does on O.  And while I understand that, the media should still call him out on obvious mistakes - or at least question what his thinking was.  The end of 1H today was (yet another) example of Shanahan not thinking clearly, imo.

[teejers1]

2.  Don't want to undermine Arizona's win today because Murray was (obviously) the difference in the game.  BUT, once again, Kyle Shanahan blows a game and no one calls him on it (at least that I have heard in post-game chatter).  It happened at the end of the 1H.  You have two timeouts left and something like a minute left on the clock.  You are deep in AZ's territory.  You have to run the ball there.  Burn clock or at least make AZ burn a timeout or two (all they had).  Nope.  Dude is in love with his pass play schemes and that ego once again reared its ugly head to overcome the smart play (see first Seahawks game last year in OT; also think he blew the 2nd and 5 call in the Super Bowl in Q4 - run the ball there . . . 3 times if necessary).  But instead, Shanahan reverts to passes; incomplete; stopped clock; After the 'Niners' Chippie FG, AZ has just enough time to get into long FG range (burning both timeouts in the process) and score 3 points.  NEVER SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED!  It's so freaking basic; yet this guy has a blind spot for EOG and EOH clock management.  He really needs a sanity check guy on the headsets.

Wait, are you suggesting he should have turtled like Shaw?

BC

Depending on how long you've been off the Bootleg, you might know that my complaint with Shaw is not turtling, per se; but rather, a terrible offensive scheme combined with utter lack of game awareness in too many instances to be called the inevitable, once-in-a-blue-moon, screw up.  HCs must give their teams the best chance to win, and what that means varies game by game (of course).  I still think the WORST of Shaw's extensive list of really bad in-game decisions came at Utah many years ago.  In that EOG situation, it was 100% plain to anyone watching the game that Stanford should have pounded the ball into the end zone for the winning score from the 2 yard line (think they even gained 6 yards on their last running play).  instead, it was INC, INC, game over (and that one may have cost Stanford a CFB playoff).  

So no, it's not turtling that is the problem with Shaw (though it is A problem for Shaw).  Nor is it always running the ball when he should throw; in fact, it is often throwing when he should run.  And in this last example, Shanahan has shown signs of suffering from the same cluelessness.  But Shanahan is given a WAY longer leash because of all the other brilliant things he does on O.  And while I understand that, the media should still call him out on obvious mistakes - or at least question what his thinking was.  The end of 1H today was (yet another) example of Shanahan not thinking clearly, imo.