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I put the odds of Shaw not returning as HC next year at 5 to 1.  My guess, he will make some changes within his assistant ranks.  But he gets one more year.

What would be the rationale for this? How does it make sense to "get one more year," exactly?  I mean if you are saying "one more year" you are effectively already showing you don't have confidence. Why do you want someone in charge who doesn't have your confidence? Makes zero sense.

Brian Kelly went 4-8, cleaned house, and returned to Top 10 status. But these changes came from himself, not after being pressured to make changes. Jim Harbaugh is another one. He makes changes proactively and is always looking to improve.

I've never in my memory seen a coach pressured into making coaching staff changes ever turn things around because the fact he didn't do it himself demonstrates he isn't fit for the job. Shaw proved he was unfit when he made zero changes after last season. That was proof Stanford Football isn't being led by serious people and why I stopped taking the program seriously.

...and why I  lost admiration for Shaw. I respect him but no longer admire. In any way. As for his betters in the administrative ranks, they are sniveling educrats not unlike the breed found in other institutions of higher learning.

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I put the odds of Shaw not returning as HC next year at 5 to 1.  My guess, he will make some changes within his assistant ranks.  But he gets one more year.

What would be the rationale for this? How does it make sense to "get one more year," exactly?  I mean if you are saying "one more year" you are effectively already showing you don't have confidence. Why do you want someone in charge who doesn't have your confidence? Makes zero sense.

Brian Kelly went 4-8, cleaned house, and returned to Top 10 status. But these changes came from himself, not after being pressured to make changes. Jim Harbaugh is another one. He makes changes proactively and is always looking to improve.

I've never in my memory seen a coach pressured into making coaching staff changes ever turn things around because the fact he didn't do it himself demonstrates he isn't fit for the job. Shaw proved he was unfit when he made zero changes after last season. That was proof Stanford Football isn't being led by serious people and why I stopped taking the program seriously.

...and why I  lost admiration for Shaw. I respect him but no longer admire. In any way. As for his betters in the administrative ranks, they are sniveling educrats not unlike the breed found in other institutions of higher learning.