Oregon. Washington. My bad on that. I detest Washington less than I do Oregon soI should have got that right…
Agree completely BC that the attractiveness of a Stanford head-coaching job is subject to debate. I come at it from the perspective of someone who did not go to the university. Which I think provides me with both an advantage and a disadvantage. The advantage being I don’t have the same affection for the institution that people who went there understandably do. Thus I’m not quite as biased. On the other hand I have no inside information.
I put myself in the shoes – or at least try to - of a young up-and-coming coordinator. The first question I would ask myself is – do I have administrative support. And if I was interviewed for the job that’s what I would focus on. If I’m a young up-and-coming assistant I certainly do not want to take a head-coaching job and fall flat on my face. If I do that based upon my own abilities or lack there of so be it. But if it’s because the institution could care less , that’s a whole different ball game. And that’s where I see Stanford (and Cal) now. Admittedly I may be completely wrong. But that’s where I’m coming from.
And frankly the situation is exacerbated, I think tremendously, from the transfer portal and NIL.
As to the former, there is nothing good about a one-way door. It limits what you can do to fix the situation. Other schools can fill needs through the portal. As an example, look at the quarterbacks of the top teams in the Pac 12. As to NIL, I don’t know what Stanford is or is not doing. But I’m relatively confident that nobody is going to be making seven figures in any Stanford NIL deal.
Finally, I’ll add that I hope I’m wrong. That if Shaw leaves or is let go Stanford gets the dynamic coach – young or otherwise – that people who care about the program want.
Agree completely BC that the attractiveness of a Stanford head-coaching job is subject to debate. I come at it from the perspective of someone who did not go to the university. Which I think provides me with both an advantage and a disadvantage. The advantage being I don’t have the same affection for the institution that people who went there understandably do. Thus I’m not quite as biased. On the other hand I have no inside information.
I put myself in the shoes – or at least try to - of a young up-and-coming coordinator. The first question I would ask myself is – do I have administrative support. And if I was interviewed for the job that’s what I would focus on. If I’m a young up-and-coming assistant I certainly do not want to take a head-coaching job and fall flat on my face. If I do that based upon my own abilities or lack there of so be it. But if it’s because the institution could care less , that’s a whole different ball game. And that’s where I see Stanford (and Cal) now. Admittedly I may be completely wrong. But that’s where I’m coming from.
And frankly the situation is exacerbated, I think tremendously, from the transfer portal and NIL.
As to the former, there is nothing good about a one-way door. It limits what you can do to fix the situation. Other schools can fill needs through the portal. As an example, look at the quarterbacks of the top teams in the Pac 12. As to NIL, I don’t know what Stanford is or is not doing. But I’m relatively confident that nobody is going to be making seven figures in any Stanford NIL deal.
Finally, I’ll add that I hope I’m wrong. That if Shaw leaves or is let go Stanford gets the dynamic coach – young or otherwise – that people who care about the program want.