[OutsiderFan]

Austin Jones has never lived up to being the #6 RB in his class. Of course, numerous top Stanford recruits have failed to do so too.

I'm ambivalent about all things Stanford Football now. There is no indication anything is getting better and how can Jones transferring make anything worse? The whole program feels very small and impotent now, like it is being led by General McClellan.

Nit: numerous top recruits EVERYWHERE have failed to do so too. But at the factories, they are swiftly replaced by another top recruit. At other schools, they are swiftly replaced by transfers.

Building on your nit... I heard Michael Irvin talking about the transfer portal to Colin Cowherd this week. He said that for the top players it is basically a place to test the bastardized free agency college sports now have, but in the main it is a tool for coaches to wash guys out of the program who aren't performing as expected, to make room for the next recruit with promise to be better.

As it relates to Stanford, if Shaw isn't forcing out way underperforming assistants, he sure as hell isn't telling underperforming players to transfer so they can be replaced by better recruits.

[OutsiderFan]

Austin Jones has never lived up to being the #6 RB in his class. Of course, numerous top Stanford recruits have failed to do so too.

I'm ambivalent about all things Stanford Football now. There is no indication anything is getting better and how can Jones transferring make anything worse? The whole program feels very small and impotent now, like it is being led by General McClellan.

Nit: numerous top recruits EVERYWHERE have failed to do so too. But at the factories, they are swiftly replaced by another top recruit. At other schools, they are swiftly replaced by transfers.

Building on your nit... I heard Michael Irvin talking about the transfer portal to Colin Cowherd this week. He said that for the top players it is basically a place to test the bastardized free agency college sports now have, but in the main it is a tool for coaches to wash guys out of the program who aren't performing as expected, to make room for the next recruit with promise to be better.

As it relates to Stanford, if Shaw isn't forcing out way underperforming assistants, he sure as hell isn't telling underperforming players to transfer so they can be replaced by better recruits.