[gailtate]

Thanks again for yet another great TreeCast Troy!

Five thoughts/reactions:
1. Your tone conveyed a sense of growing frustration with the program. You were spot on about the team not performing to anywhere near the level of talent on the depth chart (albeit lower than in the peak of this program from 2010-2016). Welcome to the club!
2. Shaw's opening statement was once-again very frustrating. He seemed to put almost all the blame on the players with his repeated comments about "execution" and didn't seem to take any responsibility for himself or his staff. Frankly, I'm sick of this crap.
3. Interesting that Shaw commented about the first two red zone possessions but not the third one where:
     - He called a play on 4th & goal from the 1 that put Mills in the shotgun. I really fail to understand this because it completely removes the threat of a QB sneak. I'd love it if you could ask Shaw about this I'm really curious for his thinking on this.
     - He failed to get the play in quickly enough to give Mills time to call an audible at the line
     - He failed to call a timeout and avoid a delay of game penalty that turned a TD opportunity into an FG. Could have really used those 4 points...would be great to ask him why he didn't call timeout there?
4. COVID really isn't an acceptable excuse for being outcoached and outplayed. Every opponent is dealing with it too, some with even greater challenges. Colorado had no spring practice and Dorrell didn't even see his players in person until about 8 weeks ago. And yet his team was far better prepared on Saturday
5. Mills & Weddington might have made the margin of victory closer at Oregon, but with the Limburger Tree-Fense Oregon could have named its score in the second half. They clearly took their foot off the gas pedal at 35. Could have easily hung 42 and maybe even 49 on the board if they'd needed to.

I hope that you or your fellow media colleagues who cover Stanford will start pressing Shaw a little more about his (and his staff's) role in what is now the longest losing streak since 2006. I think that Saturday's loss is largely on his shoulders. That was a winnable game with better coaching, regardless of the execution issues.

Well put, Winflop. Bang-on, with an economy of words.

[gailtate]

Thanks again for yet another great TreeCast Troy!

Five thoughts/reactions:
1. Your tone conveyed a sense of growing frustration with the program. You were spot on about the team not performing to anywhere near the level of talent on the depth chart (albeit lower than in the peak of this program from 2010-2016). Welcome to the club!
2. Shaw's opening statement was once-again very frustrating. He seemed to put almost all the blame on the players with his repeated comments about "execution" and didn't seem to take any responsibility for himself or his staff. Frankly, I'm sick of this crap.
3. Interesting that Shaw commented about the first two red zone possessions but not the third one where:
     - He called a play on 4th & goal from the 1 that put Mills in the shotgun. I really fail to understand this because it completely removes the threat of a QB sneak. I'd love it if you could ask Shaw about this I'm really curious for his thinking on this.
     - He failed to get the play in quickly enough to give Mills time to call an audible at the line
     - He failed to call a timeout and avoid a delay of game penalty that turned a TD opportunity into an FG. Could have really used those 4 points...would be great to ask him why he didn't call timeout there?
4. COVID really isn't an acceptable excuse for being outcoached and outplayed. Every opponent is dealing with it too, some with even greater challenges. Colorado had no spring practice and Dorrell didn't even see his players in person until about 8 weeks ago. And yet his team was far better prepared on Saturday
5. Mills & Weddington might have made the margin of victory closer at Oregon, but with the Limburger Tree-Fense Oregon could have named its score in the second half. They clearly took their foot off the gas pedal at 35. Could have easily hung 42 and maybe even 49 on the board if they'd needed to.

I hope that you or your fellow media colleagues who cover Stanford will start pressing Shaw a little more about his (and his staff's) role in what is now the longest losing streak since 2006. I think that Saturday's loss is largely on his shoulders. That was a winnable game with better coaching, regardless of the execution issues.

Well put, Winflop. Bang-on, with an economy of words.