10-20-2024, 06:53 PM
This is rather difficult.
I think Stanford is in a real tough spot. There honestly is no way top flight coaches will take a Stanford opening with or without a salary in the top 10-20 range because of the portal and NIL constraints. At most places a new coach will lose a bunch of players to the portal but will immediately be able to shop in the portal for players that will work for them and their system. At Stanford it will be a multi-year process where attrition goes unaddressed for at least a year, if not two.
The transfer portal is simply not going to work for Stanford. Even if Stanford becomes more lenient and pledges to take 10-20 players every year, the players would still need to apply and wait for admissions decisions. But most players in the portal are expecting to get viable offers for new squad in days, if not hours. And the best are likely looking for firm NIL terms in those initial 24 hours too. Given that Stanford can't properly participate in those important areas it will be so hard to get a good coach and almost impossible to keep a successful coach.
Since Stanford is not going to be a top choice for top coaches I can't imagine firing a coach after only 2 seasons will do anything to improve the chances of landing strong coaches. So I believe Muir willl stay with TT course for at least 4 full seasons no matter how poorly the team is playing.
Doubts? See Haase's tenure.
I think Stanford is in a real tough spot. There honestly is no way top flight coaches will take a Stanford opening with or without a salary in the top 10-20 range because of the portal and NIL constraints. At most places a new coach will lose a bunch of players to the portal but will immediately be able to shop in the portal for players that will work for them and their system. At Stanford it will be a multi-year process where attrition goes unaddressed for at least a year, if not two.
The transfer portal is simply not going to work for Stanford. Even if Stanford becomes more lenient and pledges to take 10-20 players every year, the players would still need to apply and wait for admissions decisions. But most players in the portal are expecting to get viable offers for new squad in days, if not hours. And the best are likely looking for firm NIL terms in those initial 24 hours too. Given that Stanford can't properly participate in those important areas it will be so hard to get a good coach and almost impossible to keep a successful coach.
Since Stanford is not going to be a top choice for top coaches I can't imagine firing a coach after only 2 seasons will do anything to improve the chances of landing strong coaches. So I believe Muir willl stay with TT course for at least 4 full seasons no matter how poorly the team is playing.
Doubts? See Haase's tenure.