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12. ...Ultimately, the Utah tenure is a mark against Taylor's reputation as an offensive wizard. Nonetheless, the fact he did it increases my confidence in the hire, as he's game planned against Pac-12 offenses and been mediocre at it, which is more than we can say for the man he's replacing. Moreover, people can learn and it is a very reasonable hope that Taylor will take lessons from that experience and be more poised to succeed in the Pac-12 this time around. For what it's worth, at Eastern Washington Taylor's offense averaged 42.36 points per game the year he was there compared to 34.64 the year before him and 34.45 the year after him, so that experience bolsters the narrative he was an outstanding FCS coordinator. Overall, there is extremely strong (I'd say ironclad) evidence Stanford is improving its offensive coaching.

Very insightful analysis of the Troy Taylor hiring.  In point 12, I think you meant to write that Taylor has game-planned against Pac-12 defenses (see above).

I hope he doesn't retain any of the current staff.  If he does, he should pick one or two of the better ones to ensure some semblance of continuity and put them in non-critical roles.  Not sure why you think Pritchard would be good as an RB position coach.  Nothing in his background and in Stanford's run game during his OC days indicate that he has any skills in this area.  And if Taylor is the acting OC, then he needs to bring in some top-notch position coaches to develop the pieces he will be orchestrating.  Pritchard wasn't even a top-notch QB coach, so I doubt his value in the new regime.  The sclerotic home-grown culture that Shaw cultivated needs to be purged.

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12. ...Ultimately, the Utah tenure is a mark against Taylor's reputation as an offensive wizard. Nonetheless, the fact he did it increases my confidence in the hire, as he's game planned against Pac-12 offenses and been mediocre at it, which is more than we can say for the man he's replacing. Moreover, people can learn and it is a very reasonable hope that Taylor will take lessons from that experience and be more poised to succeed in the Pac-12 this time around. For what it's worth, at Eastern Washington Taylor's offense averaged 42.36 points per game the year he was there compared to 34.64 the year before him and 34.45 the year after him, so that experience bolsters the narrative he was an outstanding FCS coordinator. Overall, there is extremely strong (I'd say ironclad) evidence Stanford is improving its offensive coaching.

Very insightful analysis of the Troy Taylor hiring.  In point 12, I think you meant to write that Taylor has game-planned against Pac-12 defenses (see above).

I hope he doesn't retain any of the current staff.  If he does, he should pick one or two of the better ones to ensure some semblance of continuity and put them in non-critical roles.  Not sure why you think Pritchard would be good as an RB position coach.  Nothing in his background and in Stanford's run game during his OC days indicate that he has any skills in this area.  And if Taylor is the acting OC, then he needs to bring in some top-notch position coaches to develop the pieces he will be orchestrating.  Pritchard wasn't even a top-notch QB coach, so I doubt his value in the new regime.  The sclerotic home-grown culture that Shaw cultivated needs to be purged.