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What BC said.  $50m is a drop in the bucket.  Shayne has been brought in to focus on raising as much as possible, but it won't happen overnight.  I trust Andrew to lead us out of this mess and to do it in very much a "Stanford Way" with student athletes that are "true Stanford Men" (his term).  Kyle is making solid progress on the basketball front and he's only in year 2.  It takes fewer great players to turn that program around.  We clearly have one in Okorie.  Go watch the Va Tech game for some inspiration.

I think we are seeing a major shift led by Levin and Andrew, but it's going to take time. That budget deficit and it's impact across the university is real, so there are costs and tradeoffs to be considered.  I'm thankful that this matters greatly to them and that JH squared  (John Hennessy and Jim Harbaugh) showed us all, including the faculty naysayers, that Stanford can be great both academically and athletically.

What is a true Stanford man? 

We need players and coaches with a serious edge to them. We had them with Harbaugh and his players and coaches, some of whom didn't quite fit the mole of a traditional Stanford man. Shaw filled our team with Stanford men, and look where that got us.

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What BC said.  $50m is a drop in the bucket.  Shayne has been brought in to focus on raising as much as possible, but it won't happen overnight.  I trust Andrew to lead us out of this mess and to do it in very much a "Stanford Way" with student athletes that are "true Stanford Men" (his term).  Kyle is making solid progress on the basketball front and he's only in year 2.  It takes fewer great players to turn that program around.  We clearly have one in Okorie.  Go watch the Va Tech game for some inspiration.

I think we are seeing a major shift led by Levin and Andrew, but it's going to take time. That budget deficit and it's impact across the university is real, so there are costs and tradeoffs to be considered.  I'm thankful that this matters greatly to them and that JH squared  (John Hennessy and Jim Harbaugh) showed us all, including the faculty naysayers, that Stanford can be great both academically and athletically.

What is a true Stanford man? 

We need players and coaches with a serious edge to them. We had them with Harbaugh and his players and coaches, some of whom didn't quite fit the mole of a traditional Stanford man. Shaw filled our team with Stanford men, and look where that got us.