[Papa John]

Hogan was identified, recruited, and offered by Harbaugh. My friends and I sat next to his mother at the Orange Bowl as he was weighing his decision and she asked us a lot of questions.

I'm a bit late to the party, but...

The Orange Bowl was played on January 3, 2011. According to 247sports.com, Kevin Hogan committed to Stanford on June 25, 2010. There's a Washington Post story dated the same covering Hogan's commitment. Harbaugh didn't leave for the 49ers until 4 days after the Orange Bowl, so I'm not sure what other decisions Kevin Hogan and his mother were weighing?

In any case, according to the SJMN, it was Pep Hamilton who "discovered" Hogan at Gonzaga Prep. And yes, Hogan later camped at Stanford and thought he would be playing for Harbaugh when he committed. But David Shaw became head coach of Stanford on January 13, 2011 and Hogan signed his letter of intent on February 2.

I know that some folks are adamant that Hogan was Harbaugh's recruit, but he was 100% Shaw's player. And two of the players you mentioned earlier, Kevin Anderson and Ronnie Harris, committed to Stanford after Shaw had become head coach! (The other two, Devon Cajuste and Remound Wright did commit, like Hogan, in summer 2010.)

Look, I get that the Fiesta Bowl team with Luck was still mostly Harbaugh's team. But to call the 2015 Rose Bowl team anything but Shaw's team is just plain silly, in my opinion. As far as I know, every single starter, with the exception of Brennan Scarlett, had played his entire college career under David Shaw.

And for any best coaches list... I dare anyone to list 100 coaches over the past 50 years who would have done a better job at Stanford than David Shaw has done from 2011 to the present.

[Papa John]

Hogan was identified, recruited, and offered by Harbaugh. My friends and I sat next to his mother at the Orange Bowl as he was weighing his decision and she asked us a lot of questions.

I'm a bit late to the party, but...

The Orange Bowl was played on January 3, 2011. According to 247sports.com, Kevin Hogan committed to Stanford on June 25, 2010. There's a Washington Post story dated the same covering Hogan's commitment. Harbaugh didn't leave for the 49ers until 4 days after the Orange Bowl, so I'm not sure what other decisions Kevin Hogan and his mother were weighing?

In any case, according to the SJMN, it was Pep Hamilton who "discovered" Hogan at Gonzaga Prep. And yes, Hogan later camped at Stanford and thought he would be playing for Harbaugh when he committed. But David Shaw became head coach of Stanford on January 13, 2011 and Hogan signed his letter of intent on February 2.

I know that some folks are adamant that Hogan was Harbaugh's recruit, but he was 100% Shaw's player. And two of the players you mentioned earlier, Kevin Anderson and Ronnie Harris, committed to Stanford after Shaw had become head coach! (The other two, Devon Cajuste and Remound Wright did commit, like Hogan, in summer 2010.)

Look, I get that the Fiesta Bowl team with Luck was still mostly Harbaugh's team. But to call the 2015 Rose Bowl team anything but Shaw's team is just plain silly, in my opinion. As far as I know, every single starter, with the exception of Brennan Scarlett, had played his entire college career under David Shaw.

And for any best coaches list... I dare anyone to list 100 coaches over the past 50 years who would have done a better job at Stanford than David Shaw has done from 2011 to the present.