[needle]

My personal dictum is that you cannot judge a coach by a single season. But facts are facts. Stanford hired a head coach whose identity in football has been that of play designer and play caller, and in 2023–especially in November—the Stanford offense is among the very worst in the country and historically bad compared to past Stanford seasons.

For the season, Stanford is No. 119 out of 133 in points per play, a metric that gets a boost when you have a world-class kicker like Karty.

Stanford has scored four touchdowns in November. This is historically low for Stanford, and this has occurred against opposition—Kal and WSU—that have middling defenses.

The solution for most teams would simply be to fire the offensive coordinator, but obviously in Stanford’s case that would mean TT demoting himself. I wish that would happen, but it is very unlikely.

So, that is the concern. Subjectively, I think that Stanford has been blessed with having a relatively healthy QB and top receiver in November, and overall the offense has been hurt most by the loss of Yurosek. I am most open to the argument that having Yurosek out hurt the offense deeply but in ways that were at first obscured by the emergence of Ayomanor.
Still, at this point I can only look at this offense with dismay. There is one game left. Stanford scoring even one TD against Notre Dame would surprise me at this point. It is just that bad, believe it or not.

[needle]

My personal dictum is that you cannot judge a coach by a single season. But facts are facts. Stanford hired a head coach whose identity in football has been that of play designer and play caller, and in 2023–especially in November—the Stanford offense is among the very worst in the country and historically bad compared to past Stanford seasons.

For the season, Stanford is No. 119 out of 133 in points per play, a metric that gets a boost when you have a world-class kicker like Karty.

Stanford has scored four touchdowns in November. This is historically low for Stanford, and this has occurred against opposition—Kal and WSU—that have middling defenses.

The solution for most teams would simply be to fire the offensive coordinator, but obviously in Stanford’s case that would mean TT demoting himself. I wish that would happen, but it is very unlikely.

So, that is the concern. Subjectively, I think that Stanford has been blessed with having a relatively healthy QB and top receiver in November, and overall the offense has been hurt most by the loss of Yurosek. I am most open to the argument that having Yurosek out hurt the offense deeply but in ways that were at first obscured by the emergence of Ayomanor.
Still, at this point I can only look at this offense with dismay. There is one game left. Stanford scoring even one TD against Notre Dame would surprise me at this point. It is just that bad, believe it or not.