[JohnR34231]

But to put it most fundamentally, without a change at the head coaching position, Stanford football will never regain what is the first ingredient for a rebuild:  hope.

Teejers, I'll slightly amend your statement to say that without a change at the AD position,  . . . .

I have no confidence in Bernard or his bosses to force any meaningful change.

Over the course of the past couple of weeks I went to my reunion and met with some of my late father's colleagues (he was a long-time professor at Stanford). Based on these conversations Stanford is in a remarkably bad spot from a leadership standpoint. So as much as we think Muir/Shaw are big problems, President Tessier-Lavigne and Provost Drell are the worst leadership combination that Stanford has ever had. Gerhard Caspar was over his head but he had Provost Rice to keep him anchored in reality.

Based on this information I wouldn't expect any change at the AD level even though any objective review would have Muir gone by the end of the year. Without any accountability at the AD level the only (vain) hope is that Shaw does the right thing by resigning (the Chris Peterson model) or fires the bulk of his staff and replaces himself as the offensive guru. My take is that Shaw is too proud to do the right thing so Stanford football will be in the toilet for the forseeable future.

I can't believe with continued 3-8, 4-7 type seasons the big donors aren't going to say enough is enough at some point. It may take a couple more years though.

[JohnR34231]

But to put it most fundamentally, without a change at the head coaching position, Stanford football will never regain what is the first ingredient for a rebuild:  hope.

Teejers, I'll slightly amend your statement to say that without a change at the AD position,  . . . .

I have no confidence in Bernard or his bosses to force any meaningful change.

Over the course of the past couple of weeks I went to my reunion and met with some of my late father's colleagues (he was a long-time professor at Stanford). Based on these conversations Stanford is in a remarkably bad spot from a leadership standpoint. So as much as we think Muir/Shaw are big problems, President Tessier-Lavigne and Provost Drell are the worst leadership combination that Stanford has ever had. Gerhard Caspar was over his head but he had Provost Rice to keep him anchored in reality.

Based on this information I wouldn't expect any change at the AD level even though any objective review would have Muir gone by the end of the year. Without any accountability at the AD level the only (vain) hope is that Shaw does the right thing by resigning (the Chris Peterson model) or fires the bulk of his staff and replaces himself as the offensive guru. My take is that Shaw is too proud to do the right thing so Stanford football will be in the toilet for the forseeable future.

I can't believe with continued 3-8, 4-7 type seasons the big donors aren't going to say enough is enough at some point. It may take a couple more years though.