I got to see McCaffery and Hogan crush Iowa in Pasadena. Shaw's 5th year. Not Harbaugh's doing. A definite high point in my Stanford fandom (only the Nick Robinson buzzer beater court storming matches it). Shaw coached for most of the other great Stanford wins I've seen in person too.
Like I said, I was introduced to Stanford football in the Wlat and Buddy era (I found this website because of an ad in the Daily that I think Redrum or Garvin had thought up to try and get some student participation). So yeah my standards may be low. But Willingham and Green don't come close to Shaw's record, and they didn't have any wins like that Rose Bowl win. Ty Willingham in 7 years had 9 wins once. Shaw in 10 (ignoring the shortened covid year) has had 9 or (usually) more wins 7 times. .674 winning percentage easily tops for all Stanford coaches going back to Clark Shaughnessy in 40-41, only two years though, and before that Pop Warner from 24-32. If Shaw loses his next 17 games, he'd be about tied with Ralston for win percentage.
I haven't liked what I've seen the past few years either but just browse this list, look at the numbers. If we hire someone new are they going to be a Wlat, a Buddy, a Wiggin, Curtice, Elway, Green?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_St...ll_coaches
Shaw could have 10 more losing seasons in a row at Stanford and if I ever saw him in public I'd tell him how much joy he brought me as a Stanford fan. Wlat or Buddy, I would have much different things to say.
Like I said, I was introduced to Stanford football in the Wlat and Buddy era (I found this website because of an ad in the Daily that I think Redrum or Garvin had thought up to try and get some student participation). So yeah my standards may be low. But Willingham and Green don't come close to Shaw's record, and they didn't have any wins like that Rose Bowl win. Ty Willingham in 7 years had 9 wins once. Shaw in 10 (ignoring the shortened covid year) has had 9 or (usually) more wins 7 times. .674 winning percentage easily tops for all Stanford coaches going back to Clark Shaughnessy in 40-41, only two years though, and before that Pop Warner from 24-32. If Shaw loses his next 17 games, he'd be about tied with Ralston for win percentage.
I haven't liked what I've seen the past few years either but just browse this list, look at the numbers. If we hire someone new are they going to be a Wlat, a Buddy, a Wiggin, Curtice, Elway, Green?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_St...ll_coaches
Shaw could have 10 more losing seasons in a row at Stanford and if I ever saw him in public I'd tell him how much joy he brought me as a Stanford fan. Wlat or Buddy, I would have much different things to say.