[Bruce Wang]

Has a Rose Bowl winning Stanford coach ever been shown the door?  Seems like his succes rate so far earns Shaw quite a bit of slack.  Not every year is going to be 10 or more wins. Probably, most won't.

The fluctuations in academically qualified talent will create holes in various positions from time to time.  As long as Shaw maintains a career winning percentage better than Stanford's historical average, I'm happy.  It will be very hard for us to find another coach willing to stay for the long haul.  If we bailed on him after a few bad seasons, we could miss out on the years when everything breaks right.

[Bruce Wang]

Has a Rose Bowl winning Stanford coach ever been shown the door?  Seems like his succes rate so far earns Shaw quite a bit of slack.  Not every year is going to be 10 or more wins. Probably, most won't.

The fluctuations in academically qualified talent will create holes in various positions from time to time.  As long as Shaw maintains a career winning percentage better than Stanford's historical average, I'm happy.  It will be very hard for us to find another coach willing to stay for the long haul.  If we bailed on him after a few bad seasons, we could miss out on the years when everything breaks right.