(09-21-2024, 12:35 PM)needle Wrote: If Taylor fails (which I think is most likely) one could argue that it will have been a failure to prioritize O-line play. Consider the background of the O-line coaches, which maybe colors my perceptions more than it should, but still matters: a guy from Northern Arizona and another guy from Yale. Consider how Shaw brought in guys from the NY Jets (Bloomgren) and Washington Redskins (Carberry).
I also question how/why Stanford did not bring in a single transfer O-lineman before this season, but maybe that's less on TT given the guys brought in last year (Mayberry and Bank) arguably didn't help all that much (though being Ivy League guys, surely met the overly stringent transfer requirements Stanford seems to still be shackled with).
We tried and got skunked on transfers.
I agree on skepticism of the OL coaches, but you may recall the original OL coach Taylor brought in (Klayton Adams, from the Indianapolis Colts) bailed to coach the Arizona Cardinals instead after 2 months on the job, leaving Taylor totally up the creek.