[washingtonismoney]

Interesting that Hamilton's getting a lot of attention and, seemingly, Mason is not. May be premature to conclude that about Mason as well, I guess.

My guess is it's a simple upside/downside calculation for each. Mason looks at his situation for next year: it's hard to imagine the Stanford defense won't be good next year (absent a force majeure), and Mason will get all the credit for its being good. Mason's career will continue on an upward ascent -- he probably gets a head coaching job for the 2014 season, one would imagine.

On the other hand, it's possible that the Stanford offense will be much better next year, but it would take a lot of things going right. If the Stanford offense does get much better, the best case scenario for Pep is that he shares credit with Shaw (but I think there's a presumption among many that the offense is Shaw's baby, so it's very possible that credit to Pep would be a footnote.) Obviously, if Pep changes jobs he's well-positioned to reap credit for whatever improvement the offense gets (though it's an open question whether getting improvement out of the Jets is particularly likely.)

Credit, of course, is what makes a career.

[washingtonismoney]

Interesting that Hamilton's getting a lot of attention and, seemingly, Mason is not. May be premature to conclude that about Mason as well, I guess.

My guess is it's a simple upside/downside calculation for each. Mason looks at his situation for next year: it's hard to imagine the Stanford defense won't be good next year (absent a force majeure), and Mason will get all the credit for its being good. Mason's career will continue on an upward ascent -- he probably gets a head coaching job for the 2014 season, one would imagine.

On the other hand, it's possible that the Stanford offense will be much better next year, but it would take a lot of things going right. If the Stanford offense does get much better, the best case scenario for Pep is that he shares credit with Shaw (but I think there's a presumption among many that the offense is Shaw's baby, so it's very possible that credit to Pep would be a footnote.) Obviously, if Pep changes jobs he's well-positioned to reap credit for whatever improvement the offense gets (though it's an open question whether getting improvement out of the Jets is particularly likely.)

Credit, of course, is what makes a career.