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RE: Welcome Frank Reich - Mick - 04-04-2025

(04-04-2025, 06:52 AM)JohnR34231 Wrote:  
(04-04-2025, 06:39 AM)Mick Wrote:  
(04-03-2025, 06:27 PM)paloalto Wrote:  It may be difficult on the recruiting trail:

MINOR SUGGESTIONS IN RED BELOW:

Recruit:  Will you be the head coach when I'm at Stanford?

Reich:  No  That isn't the plan. Never say never, but Stanford has a double secret plus plan to find my successor who will extend my incredible (anticipated) success. I'm exceptional at my job -- I had a winning record all seasons except one in the NFL, and I'm an offensive guru who took the Philadelphia Eagles to a Super Bowl win with an average NFL quarterback in Carson Wentz and a below-average NFL QB in Nick Foles. The next coach will be even better than me.

Recruit:  Who will be the head coach?

Reich:  I have no idea.   A world-class head football coach. Stanford has perfected their approach to NIL and now knows how to exploit the portal perfectly. The next head coach will be walking into an ideal situation. If you want to play in the NFL, Stanford is the place you want to be. If you want an extraordinary life after your NFL career, Stanford is the place you need to be.

Recruit:  What system on offense will Stanford use when I'm there?

Reich:  I have no idea. See above answer. Stanford is all about the finest preparation for your future. Stanford's devotion to an exceptional offense will be second to none. They are scouring the nation for the best coach and the most unique offense suited to your talents. I'm really, really good -- I led the offense of the Philadelphia Eagles to a Super Bowl win -- and the next coach's offense will be even better than mine, if you can imagine that.

Is the double secret plus plan anything like double secret probation?

Exactly the same. Made up on the spot in hopes that it sounds good...

RE: Welcome Frank Reich - JohnR34231 - 04-04-2025

(04-04-2025, 07:57 AM)Mick Wrote:  
(04-04-2025, 06:52 AM)JohnR34231 Wrote:  
(04-04-2025, 06:39 AM)Mick Wrote:  
(04-03-2025, 06:27 PM)paloalto Wrote:  It may be difficult on the recruiting trail:

MINOR SUGGESTIONS IN RED BELOW:

Recruit:  Will you be the head coach when I'm at Stanford?

Reich:  No  That isn't the plan. Never say never, but Stanford has a double secret plus plan to find my successor who will extend my incredible (anticipated) success. I'm exceptional at my job -- I had a winning record all seasons except one in the NFL, and I'm an offensive guru who took the Philadelphia Eagles to a Super Bowl win with an average NFL quarterback in Carson Wentz and a below-average NFL QB in Nick Foles. The next coach will be even better than me.

Recruit:  Who will be the head coach?

Reich:  I have no idea.   A world-class head football coach. Stanford has perfected their approach to NIL and now knows how to exploit the portal perfectly. The next head coach will be walking into an ideal situation. If you want to play in the NFL, Stanford is the place you want to be. If you want an extraordinary life after your NFL career, Stanford is the place you need to be.

Recruit:  What system on offense will Stanford use when I'm there?

Reich:  I have no idea. See above answer. Stanford is all about the finest preparation for your future. Stanford's devotion to an exceptional offense will be second to none. They are scouring the nation for the best coach and the most unique offense suited to your talents. I'm really, really good -- I led the offense of the Philadelphia Eagles to a Super Bowl win -- and the next coach's offense will be even better than mine, if you can imagine that.

Is the double secret plus plan anything like double secret probation?

Exactly the same. Made up on the spot in hopes that it sounds good...

Yeah, well I'm sure the 2025 version of Stanford football will be outstanding in its own way.

RE: Welcome Frank Reich - SkiBum80 - 04-04-2025

(04-04-2025, 09:28 AM)JohnR34231 Wrote:  
(04-04-2025, 07:57 AM)Mick Wrote:  
(04-04-2025, 06:52 AM)JohnR34231 Wrote:  
(04-04-2025, 06:39 AM)Mick Wrote:  
(04-03-2025, 06:27 PM)paloalto Wrote:  It may be difficult on the recruiting trail:

MINOR SUGGESTIONS IN RED BELOW:

Recruit:  Will you be the head coach when I'm at Stanford?

Reich:  No  That isn't the plan. Never say never, but Stanford has a double secret plus plan to find my successor who will extend my incredible (anticipated) success. I'm exceptional at my job -- I had a winning record all seasons except one in the NFL, and I'm an offensive guru who took the Philadelphia Eagles to a Super Bowl win with an average NFL quarterback in Carson Wentz and a below-average NFL QB in Nick Foles. The next coach will be even better than me.

Recruit:  Who will be the head coach?

Reich:  I have no idea.   A world-class head football coach. Stanford has perfected their approach to NIL and now knows how to exploit the portal perfectly. The next head coach will be walking into an ideal situation. If you want to play in the NFL, Stanford is the place you want to be. If you want an extraordinary life after your NFL career, Stanford is the place you need to be.

Recruit:  What system on offense will Stanford use when I'm there?

Reich:  I have no idea. See above answer. Stanford is all about the finest preparation for your future. Stanford's devotion to an exceptional offense will be second to none. They are scouring the nation for the best coach and the most unique offense suited to your talents. I'm really, really good -- I led the offense of the Philadelphia Eagles to a Super Bowl win -- and the next coach's offense will be even better than mine, if you can imagine that.

Is the double secret plus plan anything like double secret probation?

Exactly the same. Made up on the spot in hopes that it sounds good...

Yeah, well I'm sure the 2025 version of Stanford football will be outstanding in its own way.

I'm especially looking forward to our float in our Homecoming parade

RE: Welcome Frank Reich - Mick - 04-04-2025

(04-04-2025, 09:28 AM)JohnR34231 Wrote:  
(04-04-2025, 07:57 AM)Mick Wrote:  
(04-04-2025, 06:52 AM)JohnR34231 Wrote:  
(04-04-2025, 06:39 AM)Mick Wrote:  
(04-03-2025, 06:27 PM)paloalto Wrote:  It may be difficult on the recruiting trail:

MINOR SUGGESTIONS IN RED BELOW:

Recruit:  Will you be the head coach when I'm at Stanford?

Reich:  No  That isn't the plan. Never say never, but Stanford has a double secret plus plan to find my successor who will extend my incredible (anticipated) success. I'm exceptional at my job -- I had a winning record all seasons except one in the NFL, and I'm an offensive guru who took the Philadelphia Eagles to a Super Bowl win with an average NFL quarterback in Carson Wentz and a below-average NFL QB in Nick Foles. The next coach will be even better than me.

Recruit:  Who will be the head coach?

Reich:  I have no idea.   A world-class head football coach. Stanford has perfected their approach to NIL and now knows how to exploit the portal perfectly. The next head coach will be walking into an ideal situation. If you want to play in the NFL, Stanford is the place you want to be. If you want an extraordinary life after your NFL career, Stanford is the place you need to be.

Recruit:  What system on offense will Stanford use when I'm there?

Reich:  I have no idea. See above answer. Stanford is all about the finest preparation for your future. Stanford's devotion to an exceptional offense will be second to none. They are scouring the nation for the best coach and the most unique offense suited to your talents. I'm really, really good -- I led the offense of the Philadelphia Eagles to a Super Bowl win -- and the next coach's offense will be even better than mine, if you can imagine that.

Is the double secret plus plan anything like double secret probation?

Exactly the same. Made up on the spot in hopes that it sounds good...

Yeah, well I'm sure the 2025 version of Stanford football will be outstanding in its own way.

For sure. Six wins, maybe seven. Hawaii, Boston College, Virginia, San Jose State, Florida State, North Carolina and Cal.

RE: Welcome Frank Reich - newguy - 04-04-2025

(04-04-2025, 10:11 AM)SkiBum80 Wrote:  I'm especially looking forward to our float in our Homecoming parade

are you referring to our Cardboard float?

RE: Welcome Frank Reich - SkiBum80 - 04-11-2025

(04-04-2025, 10:21 PM)newguy Wrote:  
(04-04-2025, 10:11 AM)SkiBum80 Wrote:  I'm especially looking forward to our float in our Homecoming parade

are you referring to our Cardboard float?

I read of our double secret plan for football, that was suggested might be related to double secret probation, which of course led me to think of the awesome Delta house "float" made to spice up the homecoming parade. So yes if there was a plan to make a Cardboard float that turned into the Deathmobile I'd be totally up for it.
I got a very positive email from our AthDept about our football team touting Spring Ball is back.
All very good.. One slight quibble though, they referred to our new Coach as "Interim" head coach Frank Reich.
Why is the Interim necessary any more?
Yes, he's here on a limited term, we all know it. It can be dropped as part of his title please.
As some other poster wisely remarked, we are all interim to some level or another.

RE: Welcome Frank Reich - Mick - 04-11-2025

The Cardboard float in the Homecoming parade...anyone have a spare 1966 Lincoln Continental?

[Image: Deathmobile-dust.jpg]

Here's another interim coach, left after a mere 47 seasons. He would have fit right in with Stanford, particularly given his crossover baseball skills (he was a Yankee for a year, right before Babe Ruth arrived). George Halas Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

[Image: nfl_halas_01a.jpg]

RE: Welcome Frank Reich - jacket3ree - 04-11-2025

Hey, if we do a Cardboard float, I'll join the committee. Could we call it a wreck?

Stanford does not travel to Atlanta for football until 2028. In an ideal world that will coincide with Tech's homecoming. Tech has a history of declaring homecoming for a big conference opponent. It was #4 Miami last year, often was a top ranked Va Tech, etc. The Wreck Parade is something to see. Or at least it was. Like all those of us of a certain age, it no longer holds a candle to what it once was when we were young.  Today:  bicycle contraptions. Yesteryear: A very real and very true to the original replica of the Deathmobile. The DUs ran that one out to hearty applause my undergraduate years and I think when I was back five then ten years later with wife then kids in tow. It is an easy wreck to make. Just a car and some welding. One year they did cut the cake and did a nice job of it. Our national title year, someone drove a white Ford Bronco and ran an RC helicopter from it the whole route.

Our house had a nice run when I was there. One classic win and two fixed-body wins. Plus an all but the trophy with the greatest contraption of all time.

There were (and I assume still are) three classifications to enter.

1. Classic Car.  That 1966 Lincoln Continental could be entered. The only rule is it needs to be more than 25 years old. Shoot, I could enter this year by just throwing the top down on my Honda S2K and rolling down Fowler.  My sophomore (or junior) year we won because someone knew someone that had a 1926 Auburn Boattail Racer.  I overheard one of the judges in the staging area laying eyes on the perfect restoration. "Oh, this one's over."

2. Fixed Body. That 1966 Lincoln Continental could be entered if it had the turret and teeth added. And some theme bling. "A vehicle which features a display designed and built by students and reflects the Homecoming theme. These vehicles are driven by machine power, and are most similar to parade floats. It may be towed by or attached to a car or other vehicle, or may be a car or other vehicle itself that is 70 percent covered in decorations. Allowed decorations include banners, pomp, streamers, etc as long as decorations adhere to the Entry Regulations above." So the key here, as we learned between my freshman and sophomore years, is reflect the Homecoming theme. 

Freshman year we entered a VW Beetle, split in half and rejoined with a big spring we made out of steel pipe and angle iron. Super cool right?  Nothing.  

Sophomore year we took Bruce's car, beat the **** out of it, welded a cam to one of the rear wheels, took Jeff's car, beat the **** out of it, and built a steel A frame with a steel pipe pin to hold Jeff's car on top of Bruce's car and ran an angle between the cam on Bruce's car and the frame of Jeff's car, which had the wheels removed. Viola, a giant chomping monster. Having learned the previous year's lesson, we made a Duke Blue Devil out of chicken wire and used the Homecoming display leftover pomps to flesh it out. I made two sets of shark teeth out of rebar with white painted plywood inserts (and some dripping red blood of course). So we rolled down Fowler with a chicken wire Blue Devil being eaten to death by a car. Literally. By the time we passed the judging table, it was in shards, with blue pomps strewn behind us. I had the honor of riding in the bottom car holding the requisite dead man's switch. Jim was driving and Tom (a goddam pledge no less) rode in the top car. He bore the brunt of the champing action for the hour it took to run the route.  First place!  Then I raced back on foot to the contraption. More about that shortly.

Junior year, we still had the steel spring, so we drove up to Knoxville for the Tennessee game, picked up Alumni Pete's VW and drove it back in the pouring rain and once again split it in half. This time, since the theme was TropiTech or something like that, we painted it green camouflage and instead of a chicken wire Blue Devil, we used brown, green, and yellow pomps to make chicken wire palm trees. Only difference from freshman year were those stupid palm trees First place! Senior year we got lazy and ran it again with different graffiti, but they were on to us by then.

3. Contraption. "Similar to fixed body entries, these vehicles are designed and built by students and follow the Homecoming theme! However, these entries are complete human-powered, so creativity and engineering skills can easily be showcased!"  Those ********! No wonder it's lame now. 

Our contraption was not human powered. No, it was barely human controlled. Back in the day, the only rule for contraptions was no direct drive train. Freshman year I helped some of the torching and welding, but the night before the parade over a keg or seven when it was clear this was not much more than some assembled junk on the side of our house, Mark volunteered to stay in town over the summer and really take charge of it. Sophomore year, Mark kept his word. He was not only a ME, but a real mechanic. Our contraption was called "The Walker" and was modeled after those Star Wars killing machines. I do mean modeled. Mark had a working scale model, with two electric motors.  Oh, the design was sound.

Imagine a machine welded from, uh, "surplus" structural steel wide flange beams (heavy wide flange beams) with each set of articulating legs powered by twin big block V-8s One was a Pontiac 421 ci Super Duty, the kind used in drag racing, the other I don't quite remember, but it too was big and badass loud, I remember that. Cooling water supplied to heavily modified radiators, with a full size enameled steel bathtub between engines, welded to the frame and situated so the center of mass worked. Yeah, this puppy was heavy.  (Turns out to be our downfall.) With four pairs of dual wheels as feet, one pair could be steered, and we had eight hydraulic brakes, servo-controlled. One set of legs moved by giant pistons (like a train engine), while the back legs are braked. Then the front legs are braked, the rear breaks released, and the back end of the contraption catches up with the front. A giant caterpillar.

We worked like mothers to have it ready, sacrificing midterms. I was working on both cars.  The Lamb Chops behind us had to give up on their wreck that year and adopted ours, which was great because they had some good welders and more importantly, the only way for us to get the wreck off property. Some lack of foresight there - super narrow driveway between retaining walls. At about 5 am on Saturday, we carefully pulled the Lambda Chi fence down and I kid you not, walked the contraption under power several blocks to the holding pen behind O'Keefe, where they now play volleyball. It was early, we were loud, and judging by the astonished onlookers, that was the winner. Hands down.

After running the chomper to finish and getting it back to the house, I had plenty of time to get to the parade start and watch the beast walk its way out onto the route. Loud and proud!  Bruce (of donated car fame) was having the best moment of his young life. Screaming at the top of his adrenaline-fueled lungs.  Mark and Bruce were the only two allowed on wreck, sitting in back to back captain chairs running each engine's governor, mostly to be stupid loud. A bunch of us hovered around like real yellowjackets, with fire extinguishers and gas cans, far more concerned about running out of fuel than putting anything out. 

My god, this was the best wreck ever. Just need to take that left turn onto Fowler and gun her home for the win.  Walking over in the morning, she worked like a beast, negotiating turns, curbs, uneven grass, anything in our way. But that last left was too much. Crack!  What was that? Tie rod on the front pair of legs. We just lost the ability to steer. Another rule was that if the wreck was not completely under its own control, it was disqualified. So we all muscled her straight, roared both engines, scared little children while amazing the adults (and most of the little children), and she walked under her own steering-free twin V8 power, all 900 horses of it, past the judges to earn a spectacular DQ.  I think the Fiji's stupid bowling ball powered contraption won that year and what gives? It sprayed bowling balls all over the place that had to be put back by pledge minions assigned that task. How is that different from a broken tie rod?

Then we fixed the Lambda Chi fence, went to the football game to hear our names called twice as winners, knowing that but for a tie rod and/or set of welds that just couldn't take the extra torque making that final left, it could have been a clean sweep.  Duke always beat us in Homecoming back then, but I think I was passed out in the stands from the lack of sleep and overabundance of JD from whomever my date was.......Sarah.......who hid the flask.  Still, the memories of people going nuts in the parade crowd watching several tons of American steel, pistons, and a big ole bathtub walk down Fowler on 8 old bald tires (so much screeching just operating those brakes), beats any old trophy that would just be stolen out of the house anyway.

I am a little pissed that they've done away with the last great Ramblin' Wreck Parade though.

RE: Welcome Frank Reich - JJJ - 04-12-2025

Behind a paywall, but for those who subscribe to The Athletic, former Reich players in the NFL say he’ll make this thing go.

The Athletic article on Reich

RE: Welcome Frank Reich - Mick - 04-13-2025

Also in The Athletic, our old friend Ben Yurosek is not rated to go in the draft, but as a priority free agent:

"Georgia tight end Ben Yurosek was eligible to attend the local pro day because he graduated from Stanford. Yurosek, however, was on a visit with the Minnesota Vikings on Wednesday. He was used as a pass-catching tight end at Stanford — he had 658 yards in 2021 — before taking on a blocking role with the Bulldogs. Brugler rates him as a priority free agent."

Yurosek caught 15 passes in 14 games, 185 yards. Lawson Luckie and Oscar Delp were in front of him, but not by much, with 24 and 21 receptions respectively.

His best elements are speed (4.64 40) and wingspan (80 7/8). He's average or below in everything else, overall rating 76.1. The top ten TEs rate at between 79.9 and 87.9.

Wonder how he would have done if he'd stayed?

Ben Yurosek Tight End Georgia | NFL Draft Profile & Scouting Report

RE: Welcome Frank Reich - fullmetal - 04-13-2025

AD needed all the pass protection help he could get.  But mix that in with a big bodied target at short-range, and maybe we would have had a decent hot route target under pass rush...

RE: Welcome Frank Reich - Chupacabra - 04-27-2025

Appreciate the thought and analysis. My thoughts to these items follow:

I like the Reich hire. I love the out of the box idea. I do have some skepticism about it. I don't think the experience this year will necessarily lead to warm feelings on the Farm that make him want to stay or make the majority of people want to keep him. I just see the season as being too difficult considering the talent level.

If it does work out it could be a lot of fun. If not, there's an opportunity to lock in on a guy. My target (possibly forever) is Jim Leonhard.

(04-01-2025, 09:29 PM)msqueri Wrote:  * They could not have been more definitive that this is only for 2025. That's disappointing to me because the idea of Frank Reich trying to build something at Stanford is something I could really get behind. But there was no wiggle room. I hear what people are saying about how things can change and I know intellectually that's true, but to me this dispelled my notion that this could have been a savvy political move by Luck to circumvent Stanford bureaucracy and get his preferred guy in the door before finding a way to remove the interim tag. Unless they are both lying through their teeth, which seems implausible, this truly was a situation where Luck had a specific interim vision and had that as a condition and Reich bought in to that specifically. If so, it's an unusual and potentially quite awkward situation but I like what Reich said about leaning into it with players and coaches and trying to make 2025 a special year. Still, this is going to make the next Stanford coach a hot topic of discussion for the next eight months and there's no getting around that interim equals lame duck.

* Interesting insight into Luck telling Reich the staff is good but younger and Reich meeting with the staff and telling Luck he understated how good the staff is, though Reich did acknowledge it's a young staff. That was a super interesting answer in general, with Reich acknowledging that it was a big source of uncertainty to come in and not bring his own guys - that's what I'm saying! - and also saying that he told the staff that sometimes you earn trust but in this case we're starting from trust. Clearly Reich was told Taylor's staff was staying on and Reich is working within that construct. I can only hope his impression of the staff is as positive as he is saying. Reich made this explicit at the end of the press conference - Luck dictated that Reich couldn't pick the staff. Welp, hope Luck is making a good call.


RE: Welcome Frank Reich - Mick - 04-28-2025

(04-27-2025, 10:54 PM)Chupacabra Wrote:  Appreciate the thought and analysis. My thoughts to these items follow:
  • Regarding the current assistants, I think the most interesting thing we're seeing from Luck here is a core value of loyalty and being honorable. Is he not "cold blooded" enough? Maybe not. But he doesn't think these guys deserved to pay for Taylor's misdoings and I applaud him for that. Ripping apart a coaching staff at this point in the cycle could breed a good amount of negativity and ill-will toward the head coach. I see Luck as recognizing this and not wanting to make the feeling in the building any more negative than it was.

I like the Reich hire. I love the out of the box idea. I do have some skepticism about it. I don't think the experience this year will necessarily lead to warm feelings on the Farm that make him want to stay or make the majority of people want to keep him. I just see the season as being too difficult considering the talent level.

If it does work out it could be a lot of fun. If not, there's an opportunity to lock in on a guy. My target (possibly forever) is Jim Leonhard.

I like the Reich hire too. My sense is that NFL experience translates well at Stanford. Question mark is his age and fire in the belly.

Your point about the assistants is a good one. My guess is that Luck and others have spoken closely with Stanford players, factored their input into account and observed the assistants in action. I will say this...my greatest professional regret was not getting rid of people who weren't up to the job soon enough.

Hope it goes well.