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If Shaw and co. can pull Anzalone and/or Sherit, it would be quite a LB haul this year.

Latest rumors swirling around Anzalone is that he is down to three schools, and we are not one of them.  IIRC he wanted to enroll early, so maybe that was a hang up. 

We were recruiting Sherit as a TE, though nearly everyone else is looking at him at DE.  I'm sure if we ended up with both Hunter Henry and Sherit, the coaches might think about him on D, if he can earn the PT.  It says something about the state of the team that players with the talent of Kalambayi, Sherit, and Saviianea might realistically red shirt their first year because we have so much depth at their positions.  Would the two LBs really be able to crack the rotation, either at inside or outside, with Thomas, Skov, Vaughters and Murphy starting, and with K. Anderson, Lancaster, and Tarpley backing up?  Leuders showed improvement last season, and Hemschoot was one of the hot players in the Spring.

Also: one of the big questions when Shaw took over from Harbaugh was what would happen to recruiting.  Would Shaw, with his more reserved style, be able to bring in the same quality of recruits that Harbaugh managed to pull in with his near-manic passion?  About a year and half into the process, I would say that has been answered.  Harbaugh may have been the perfect guy to get the program out of the doldrums and to a place of national prominence; and Shaw may be the perfect guy to keep it there.

[socalstanfan1]

If Shaw and co. can pull Anzalone and/or Sherit, it would be quite a LB haul this year.

Latest rumors swirling around Anzalone is that he is down to three schools, and we are not one of them.  IIRC he wanted to enroll early, so maybe that was a hang up. 

We were recruiting Sherit as a TE, though nearly everyone else is looking at him at DE.  I'm sure if we ended up with both Hunter Henry and Sherit, the coaches might think about him on D, if he can earn the PT.  It says something about the state of the team that players with the talent of Kalambayi, Sherit, and Saviianea might realistically red shirt their first year because we have so much depth at their positions.  Would the two LBs really be able to crack the rotation, either at inside or outside, with Thomas, Skov, Vaughters and Murphy starting, and with K. Anderson, Lancaster, and Tarpley backing up?  Leuders showed improvement last season, and Hemschoot was one of the hot players in the Spring.

Also: one of the big questions when Shaw took over from Harbaugh was what would happen to recruiting.  Would Shaw, with his more reserved style, be able to bring in the same quality of recruits that Harbaugh managed to pull in with his near-manic passion?  About a year and half into the process, I would say that has been answered.  Harbaugh may have been the perfect guy to get the program out of the doldrums and to a place of national prominence; and Shaw may be the perfect guy to keep it there.