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Re: It is incredibly hard to win consistently - Goose - 10-28-2017

(10-28-2017, 03:21 PM)CowboyIndian link Wrote:[quote author=Goose link=topic=17801.msg208931#msg208931 date=1509226153]
. I think the VR headset can be made to actually track the QB's eyes and tell if he is looking at the same area for too long. That way, there would be no doubt about any "staring down" issue.

Can they attach it to a shock collar?
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I thought of that. Us older guys may think it a good idea, but it certainly can't be PC.

Re: It is incredibly hard to win consistently - stupac2 - 10-28-2017

(10-28-2017, 03:21 PM)CowboyIndian link Wrote:[quote author=Goose link=topic=17801.msg208931#msg208931 date=1509226153]
. I think the VR headset can be made to actually track the QB's eyes and tell if he is looking at the same area for too long. That way, there would be no doubt about any "staring down" issue.

Can they attach it to a shock collar?
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Only if it's in the basement of the psych building.

Re: It is incredibly hard to win consistently - Mick - 10-30-2017

(10-27-2017, 09:52 AM)teejers1 link Wrote:Is it hard to avoid absolutely pathetic displays on offense (whether you win or lose)?  [Sea Hang, where art thou?]

Is it hard to recognize horrific (not just bad, but horrific) QB play and make a change?

Coach Shaw may be the luckiest head coach in college football - he certainly was last night (I mean, the fourth down completion on Stanford's last drive was so lucky, it's ridiculous) - and that has allowed the defenders to point to W/L record, which is certainly important.  But just as you can have Ls where coaches do well and you just lose to a superior team (which I suspect we'll see against at least UW), you can also have Ws where the coaches do poorly and you beat an inferior team.  Is there any doubt where last night's game fell on the spectrum?

And this isn't about Shaw as head man - he has done well, especially on defensive side, and he "gets" Stanford and "represents" better than any coach I've seen.  It's about Shaw as OC.

P.S.  Of all the optimistic posts we've seen on Stanford boards this season, the most silly ones were those implying that Chryst has QB skills comparable to Andrew Luck.  The 2 amazing balls Chryst dropped into a covered JJAW against Oregon were so clearly the outliers - as made painfully clear last night. 

Invoking Andrew Luck when talking about Chryst . . . talk about fan overreaction.

Eleven of Shaw's 19 losses have been by 7 points or fewer.  I don't know that I'm prepared to say he's the luckiest head coach on earth.

Re: It is incredibly hard to win consistently - Mick - 10-30-2017

(10-27-2017, 10:03 PM)terry link Wrote:[quote author=teejers1 link=topic=17801.msg208676#msg208676 date=1509123123]
the fourth down completion on Stanford's last drive was so lucky, it's ridiculous

Of all the plays last night, that play absolutely was not lucky. Stanford executed EXACTLY what it was trying to do. When you make a plan and execute your plan perfectly, it's not luck. It was the best executed play of the night, on a night when there weren't many of them. Give them credit for one of the few things they did really well. I thought Shaw should have changed QBs, but Chryst threw that one perfectly.
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+1

Re: It is incredibly hard to win consistently - CornFed - 10-30-2017

In my experiece consistent luck equals skill.  By Teejers reckoning, Tiger Woods was just really lucky.