[martyup]

An add  tavita will call the plays

I think this is a mistake.  Not so much because I think he is incapable of it, but because I would like to see him bring in a strong offensive coordinator whose job would be to call plays under most circumstances.  I’d like to see Pritchard focused on the bigger picture: hiring the right people, recruiting and developing the right players, getting everyone motivated and working as a team.  Sure, call the plays in a high leverage situation, but for your random second and seven at the 42 yard line early in the third quarter… that’s why you hopefully have an offensive coordinator that you trust.

BC

I totally agree.  HC, especially a first time one, cannot keep an eye on all of the moving parts of a football team and still be an effective adept play caller.  Even Saban didn't have the hubris to do that.

[martyup]

An add  tavita will call the plays

I think this is a mistake.  Not so much because I think he is incapable of it, but because I would like to see him bring in a strong offensive coordinator whose job would be to call plays under most circumstances.  I’d like to see Pritchard focused on the bigger picture: hiring the right people, recruiting and developing the right players, getting everyone motivated and working as a team.  Sure, call the plays in a high leverage situation, but for your random second and seven at the 42 yard line early in the third quarter… that’s why you hopefully have an offensive coordinator that you trust.

BC

I totally agree.  HC, especially a first time one, cannot keep an eye on all of the moving parts of a football team and still be an effective adept play caller.  Even Saban didn't have the hubris to do that.

[norcard10]

An add  tavita will call the plays

I think this is a mistake.  Not so much because I think he is incapable of it, but because I would like to see him bring in a strong offensive coordinator whose job would be to call plays under most circumstances.  I’d like to see Pritchard focused on the bigger picture: hiring the right people, recruiting and developing the right players, getting everyone motivated and working as a team.  Sure, call the plays in a high leverage situation, but for your random second and seven at the 42 yard line early in the third quarter… that’s why you hopefully have an offensive coordinator that you trust.

BC

I totally agree.  HC, especially a first time one, cannot keep an eye on all of the moving parts of a football team and still be an effective adept play caller.  Even Saban didn't have the hubris to do that.

Wait - did he confirm there is no offensive coordinator? or that he is going to have a redo of the Shawvita situation?

[norcard10]

An add  tavita will call the plays

I think this is a mistake.  Not so much because I think he is incapable of it, but because I would like to see him bring in a strong offensive coordinator whose job would be to call plays under most circumstances.  I’d like to see Pritchard focused on the bigger picture: hiring the right people, recruiting and developing the right players, getting everyone motivated and working as a team.  Sure, call the plays in a high leverage situation, but for your random second and seven at the 42 yard line early in the third quarter… that’s why you hopefully have an offensive coordinator that you trust.

BC

I totally agree.  HC, especially a first time one, cannot keep an eye on all of the moving parts of a football team and still be an effective adept play caller.  Even Saban didn't have the hubris to do that.

Wait - did he confirm there is no offensive coordinator? or that he is going to have a redo of the Shawvita situation?

[BobK]

No he didn’t say no OC. He did say he would call the plays

[BobK]

No he didn’t say no OC. He did say he would call the plays

[norcard10]

No he didn’t say no OC. He did say he would call the plays

Well, we will know who to blame then if the offense resembles late shaw era dynamics.  Run it up the middle twice and pass on third and long. The gato is out of the bag.

[norcard10]

No he didn’t say no OC. He did say he would call the plays

Well, we will know who to blame then if the offense resembles late shaw era dynamics.  Run it up the middle twice and pass on third and long. The gato is out of the bag.

[McKenwood]

An add  tavita will call the plays

I think this is a mistake.  Not so much because I think he is incapable of it, but because I would like to see him bring in a strong offensive coordinator whose job would be to call plays under most circumstances.  I’d like to see Pritchard focused on the bigger picture: hiring the right people, recruiting and developing the right players, getting everyone motivated and working as a team.  Sure, call the plays in a high leverage situation, but for your random second and seven at the 42 yard line early in the third quarter… that’s why you hopefully have an offensive coordinator that you trust.

BC

I agree BC. Tavita needs superlative hires at OC, OL, DC and S&C. A guy like Jonathan Smith won't come if he is relegated to printing off Tavita's playsheet.

[McKenwood]

An add  tavita will call the plays

I think this is a mistake.  Not so much because I think he is incapable of it, but because I would like to see him bring in a strong offensive coordinator whose job would be to call plays under most circumstances.  I’d like to see Pritchard focused on the bigger picture: hiring the right people, recruiting and developing the right players, getting everyone motivated and working as a team.  Sure, call the plays in a high leverage situation, but for your random second and seven at the 42 yard line early in the third quarter… that’s why you hopefully have an offensive coordinator that you trust.

BC

I agree BC. Tavita needs superlative hires at OC, OL, DC and S&C. A guy like Jonathan Smith won't come if he is relegated to printing off Tavita's playsheet.

[BostonCard]

I mean, Saban was always a defensive guy so it would have been weird for him to call the plays. And, maybe because it is much less visible, nobody talks about calling defensive plays, even though alignment, cover scheme, blitz schem, etc are important playcalls.  No idea if Saban did it when he was head coach or if his DC did it.

BC

[BostonCard]

I mean, Saban was always a defensive guy so it would have been weird for him to call the plays. And, maybe because it is much less visible, nobody talks about calling defensive plays, even though alignment, cover scheme, blitz schem, etc are important playcalls.  No idea if Saban did it when he was head coach or if his DC did it.

BC

[76lsjumb]

An add  tavita will call the plays

...  I’d like to see Pritchard focused on the bigger picture: hiring the right people, recruiting and developing the right players, getting everyone motivated and working as a team.  ...
BC

Haven't you just recited about 80% of Luck's job description...? :-)

[76lsjumb]

An add  tavita will call the plays

...  I’d like to see Pritchard focused on the bigger picture: hiring the right people, recruiting and developing the right players, getting everyone motivated and working as a team.  ...
BC

Haven't you just recited about 80% of Luck's job description...? :-)

[martyup]

This is Stanford.  I would like to see Luck approve $500,000 in funding for the development of an AI agent that acts as a real time football analyst.  Let's call the AI agent Groot.  Once Groot was trained and operational, it would be able to nearly instantly analyze multiple data points and offer up the best offensive or defensive play call at the moment.  The data points would include down, distance, field position, available offensive and defensive personnel, weather conditions, game score, game clock, team record, etc, etc, etc.  Data from opponents would be fed to Groot, including all data from the opponents previous games to analyze trends and tendencies.  This data would be compiled by staff members watching the games of every opponent (unless a statistical feed was available).  During games, a team of data recorders would input game data into Groot.  Groot's proposed plays would be communicated to the play calling coach via headset.  One, two, or three proposed plays could be communicated and the coach would make the final decision.

Properly trained, Groot could take into consideration individual players having good or bad games.  For example, if our left tackle is getting beat on every play by their defensive lineman, Groot would use that information in its analysis.  Another example is if their star coverage cornerback comes out of the game, Groot would use that info to look at favorable passing routes. Of course, getting data this granular would require a large team of data recorders, each with specific observational assignments.  Perhaps these could be students that would receive credits for their participation.

Thoughts?

[martyup]

This is Stanford.  I would like to see Luck approve $500,000 in funding for the development of an AI agent that acts as a real time football analyst.  Let's call the AI agent Groot.  Once Groot was trained and operational, it would be able to nearly instantly analyze multiple data points and offer up the best offensive or defensive play call at the moment.  The data points would include down, distance, field position, available offensive and defensive personnel, weather conditions, game score, game clock, team record, etc, etc, etc.  Data from opponents would be fed to Groot, including all data from the opponents previous games to analyze trends and tendencies.  This data would be compiled by staff members watching the games of every opponent (unless a statistical feed was available).  During games, a team of data recorders would input game data into Groot.  Groot's proposed plays would be communicated to the play calling coach via headset.  One, two, or three proposed plays could be communicated and the coach would make the final decision.

Properly trained, Groot could take into consideration individual players having good or bad games.  For example, if our left tackle is getting beat on every play by their defensive lineman, Groot would use that information in its analysis.  Another example is if their star coverage cornerback comes out of the game, Groot would use that info to look at favorable passing routes. Of course, getting data this granular would require a large team of data recorders, each with specific observational assignments.  Perhaps these could be students that would receive credits for their participation.

Thoughts?

[newguy]

This is Stanford.  I would like to see Luck approve $500,000 in funding for the development of an AI agent that acts as a real time football analyst.  Let's call the AI agent Groot.  Once Groot was trained and operational, it would be able to nearly instantly analyze multiple data points and offer up the best offensive or defensive play call at the moment.  The data points would include down, distance, field position, available offensive and defensive personnel, weather conditions, game score, game clock, team record, etc, etc, etc.  Data from opponents would be fed to Groot, including all data from the opponents previous games to analyze trends and tendencies.  This data would be compiled by staff members watching the games of every opponent (unless a statistical feed was available).  During games, a team of data recorders would input game data into Groot.  Groot's proposed plays would be communicated to the play calling coach via headset.  One, two, or three proposed plays could be communicated and the coach would make the final decision.

Properly trained, Groot could take into consideration individual players having good or bad games.  For example, if our left tackle is getting beat on every play by their defensive lineman, Groot would use that information in its analysis.  Another example is if their star coverage cornerback comes out of the game, Groot would use that info to look at favorable passing routes. Of course, getting data this granular would require a large team of data recorders, each with specific observational assignments.  Perhaps these could be students that would receive credits for their participation.

Thoughts?

I am Groot.

[newguy]

This is Stanford.  I would like to see Luck approve $500,000 in funding for the development of an AI agent that acts as a real time football analyst.  Let's call the AI agent Groot.  Once Groot was trained and operational, it would be able to nearly instantly analyze multiple data points and offer up the best offensive or defensive play call at the moment.  The data points would include down, distance, field position, available offensive and defensive personnel, weather conditions, game score, game clock, team record, etc, etc, etc.  Data from opponents would be fed to Groot, including all data from the opponents previous games to analyze trends and tendencies.  This data would be compiled by staff members watching the games of every opponent (unless a statistical feed was available).  During games, a team of data recorders would input game data into Groot.  Groot's proposed plays would be communicated to the play calling coach via headset.  One, two, or three proposed plays could be communicated and the coach would make the final decision.

Properly trained, Groot could take into consideration individual players having good or bad games.  For example, if our left tackle is getting beat on every play by their defensive lineman, Groot would use that information in its analysis.  Another example is if their star coverage cornerback comes out of the game, Groot would use that info to look at favorable passing routes. Of course, getting data this granular would require a large team of data recorders, each with specific observational assignments.  Perhaps these could be students that would receive credits for their participation.

Thoughts?

I am Groot.

[norcard10]

This is Stanford.  I would like to see Luck approve $500,000 in funding for the development of an AI agent that acts as a real time football analyst.  Let's call the AI agent Groot.  Once Groot was trained and operational, it would be able to nearly instantly analyze multiple data points and offer up the best offensive or defensive play call at the moment.  The data points would include down, distance, field position, available offensive and defensive personnel, weather conditions, game score, game clock, team record, etc, etc, etc.  Data from opponents would be fed to Groot, including all data from the opponents previous games to analyze trends and tendencies.  This data would be compiled by staff members watching the games of every opponent (unless a statistical feed was available).  During games, a team of data recorders would input game data into Groot.  Groot's proposed plays would be communicated to the play calling coach via headset.  One, two, or three proposed plays could be communicated and the coach would make the final decision.

Properly trained, Groot could take into consideration individual players having good or bad games.  For example, if our left tackle is getting beat on every play by their defensive lineman, Groot would use that information in its analysis.  Another example is if their star coverage cornerback comes out of the game, Groot would use that info to look at favorable passing routes. Of course, getting data this granular would require a large team of data recorders, each with specific observational assignments.  Perhaps these could be students that would receive credits for their participation.

Thoughts?

Already better play calling than 2021.

[norcard10]

This is Stanford.  I would like to see Luck approve $500,000 in funding for the development of an AI agent that acts as a real time football analyst.  Let's call the AI agent Groot.  Once Groot was trained and operational, it would be able to nearly instantly analyze multiple data points and offer up the best offensive or defensive play call at the moment.  The data points would include down, distance, field position, available offensive and defensive personnel, weather conditions, game score, game clock, team record, etc, etc, etc.  Data from opponents would be fed to Groot, including all data from the opponents previous games to analyze trends and tendencies.  This data would be compiled by staff members watching the games of every opponent (unless a statistical feed was available).  During games, a team of data recorders would input game data into Groot.  Groot's proposed plays would be communicated to the play calling coach via headset.  One, two, or three proposed plays could be communicated and the coach would make the final decision.

Properly trained, Groot could take into consideration individual players having good or bad games.  For example, if our left tackle is getting beat on every play by their defensive lineman, Groot would use that information in its analysis.  Another example is if their star coverage cornerback comes out of the game, Groot would use that info to look at favorable passing routes. Of course, getting data this granular would require a large team of data recorders, each with specific observational assignments.  Perhaps these could be students that would receive credits for their participation.

Thoughts?

Already better play calling than 2021.

[TrumpCard]

This is Stanford.  I would like to see Luck approve $500,000 in funding for the development of an AI agent that acts as a real time football analyst.  Let's call the AI agent Groot.  Once Groot was trained and operational, it would be able to nearly instantly analyze multiple data points and offer up the best offensive or defensive play call at the moment.  The data points would include down, distance, field position, available offensive and defensive personnel, weather conditions, game score, game clock, team record, etc, etc, etc.  Data from opponents would be fed to Groot, including all data from the opponents previous games to analyze trends and tendencies.  This data would be compiled by staff members watching the games of every opponent (unless a statistical feed was available).  During games, a team of data recorders would input game data into Groot.  Groot's proposed plays would be communicated to the play calling coach via headset.  One, two, or three proposed plays could be communicated and the coach would make the final decision.

Properly trained, Groot could take into consideration individual players having good or bad games.  For example, if our left tackle is getting beat on every play by their defensive lineman, Groot would use that information in its analysis.  Another example is if their star coverage cornerback comes out of the game, Groot would use that info to look at favorable passing routes. Of course, getting data this granular would require a large team of data recorders, each with specific observational assignments.  Perhaps these could be students that would receive credits for their participation.

Thoughts?

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous of which is, ‘never get involved in a land war in Asia,’ but only slightly less well-known is this: ‘Never go in against a Groot when death is on the line!’

[TrumpCard]

This is Stanford.  I would like to see Luck approve $500,000 in funding for the development of an AI agent that acts as a real time football analyst.  Let's call the AI agent Groot.  Once Groot was trained and operational, it would be able to nearly instantly analyze multiple data points and offer up the best offensive or defensive play call at the moment.  The data points would include down, distance, field position, available offensive and defensive personnel, weather conditions, game score, game clock, team record, etc, etc, etc.  Data from opponents would be fed to Groot, including all data from the opponents previous games to analyze trends and tendencies.  This data would be compiled by staff members watching the games of every opponent (unless a statistical feed was available).  During games, a team of data recorders would input game data into Groot.  Groot's proposed plays would be communicated to the play calling coach via headset.  One, two, or three proposed plays could be communicated and the coach would make the final decision.

Properly trained, Groot could take into consideration individual players having good or bad games.  For example, if our left tackle is getting beat on every play by their defensive lineman, Groot would use that information in its analysis.  Another example is if their star coverage cornerback comes out of the game, Groot would use that info to look at favorable passing routes. Of course, getting data this granular would require a large team of data recorders, each with specific observational assignments.  Perhaps these could be students that would receive credits for their participation.

Thoughts?

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous of which is, ‘never get involved in a land war in Asia,’ but only slightly less well-known is this: ‘Never go in against a Groot when death is on the line!’

[martyup]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiolnX_LPKM

I just finished watching the TP introduction presser.  I'm impressed with him and more hopeful after listening to him.

[martyup]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiolnX_LPKM

I just finished watching the TP introduction presser.  I'm impressed with him and more hopeful after listening to him.

[BostonCard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiolnX_LPKM

I just finished watching the TP introduction presser.  I'm impressed with him and more hopeful after listening to him.

It is good to hear him, but I don’t think how someone handles themselves in an initial press conference is at all predictive of how they will do as a coach.  Still, nice to know that Stanford education was good for something.

BC

[BostonCard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiolnX_LPKM

I just finished watching the TP introduction presser.  I'm impressed with him and more hopeful after listening to him.

It is good to hear him, but I don’t think how someone handles themselves in an initial press conference is at all predictive of how they will do as a coach.  Still, nice to know that Stanford education was good for something.

BC

[82lsju]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiolnX_LPKM

I just finished watching the TP introduction presser.  I'm impressed with him and more hopeful after listening to him.

It is good to hear him, but I don’t think how someone handles themselves in an initial press conference is at all predictive of how they will do as a coach.  Still, nice to know that Stanford education was good for something.

BC

100% agree, looking at a former CEO of a past employer (Carleton Fiorina), she was a great interview, not so great as a CEO.....and to bring it back to this hire she had no CEO experience when hired, but she had lots of sales & marketing experience....of course the head football coach no longer appears to be the football CEO so maybe the above does not apply...of course Fiorina was also never a COO and the head football coach still appears to be a COO....

[82lsju]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiolnX_LPKM

I just finished watching the TP introduction presser.  I'm impressed with him and more hopeful after listening to him.

It is good to hear him, but I don’t think how someone handles themselves in an initial press conference is at all predictive of how they will do as a coach.  Still, nice to know that Stanford education was good for something.

BC

100% agree, looking at a former CEO of a past employer (Carleton Fiorina), she was a great interview, not so great as a CEO.....and to bring it back to this hire she had no CEO experience when hired, but she had lots of sales & marketing experience....of course the head football coach no longer appears to be the football CEO so maybe the above does not apply...of course Fiorina was also never a COO and the head football coach still appears to be a COO....

[jacket3ree]

I occasionally ask AI which headphones I should get to pair with a specific tube amplifier and get a different answer each time. I don't want an AI offense.


*The right answer is spend the money on more records and tell Mrs. Jacketree that if she can't stand the noise, stay out of the kitchen (which is right next to my music listening room). I mean I assume AI has more telling off Mrs. Jacketree courage than I do.....

[jacket3ree]

I occasionally ask AI which headphones I should get to pair with a specific tube amplifier and get a different answer each time. I don't want an AI offense.


*The right answer is spend the money on more records and tell Mrs. Jacketree that if she can't stand the noise, stay out of the kitchen (which is right next to my music listening room). I mean I assume AI has more telling off Mrs. Jacketree courage than I do.....

[Mick]

I occasionally ask AI which headphones I should get to pair with a specific tube amplifier and get a different answer each time. I don't want an AI offense.

At least it would be unpredictable...

[Mick]

I occasionally ask AI which headphones I should get to pair with a specific tube amplifier and get a different answer each time. I don't want an AI offense.

At least it would be unpredictable...

[2006alum]

I occasionally ask AI which headphones I should get to pair with a specific tube amplifier and get a different answer each time. I don't want an AI offense.

At least it would be unpredictable...

HAH. I think this is the comment of the year, certainly of the thread. Well done.

[2006alum]

I occasionally ask AI which headphones I should get to pair with a specific tube amplifier and get a different answer each time. I don't want an AI offense.

At least it would be unpredictable...

HAH. I think this is the comment of the year, certainly of the thread. Well done.

[Sam Leopold]

Yikes guys. This is an awful hire for you all. Not sour grapes- just came over to the board to see what reactions would be (and they're pretty much in line with what I expected). Horrible hire, yikes

Some of the (few) positive posts here sound like the same posts made about Taylor. Starting to doubt Luck has the management experience needed to return y'all to glory. Seems like he just hired his buddy. This might be the worst hire of the coaching carousel so far. Sorry

I just noticed that calfan finished dead last in the predictions contest for Big Game. Based on that and calfan's comments above, I'm feeling pretty optimistic about Tavita Pritchard as Stanford football's head coach.

The dude played one week, and it was a call for Team Blue to win Big Game by a score of 34-10.  He would have led the whole pack for that round if he had just switched the colors.

When I first saw this news I thought it was a troll hire. Since then I've come around to think, this is so crazy that it just might work. And on a side note, being of Polish descent on my mother's father's side, I'm holding an irrational hope that Ross Kolodziej will return.

[Sam Leopold]

Yikes guys. This is an awful hire for you all. Not sour grapes- just came over to the board to see what reactions would be (and they're pretty much in line with what I expected). Horrible hire, yikes

Some of the (few) positive posts here sound like the same posts made about Taylor. Starting to doubt Luck has the management experience needed to return y'all to glory. Seems like he just hired his buddy. This might be the worst hire of the coaching carousel so far. Sorry

I just noticed that calfan finished dead last in the predictions contest for Big Game. Based on that and calfan's comments above, I'm feeling pretty optimistic about Tavita Pritchard as Stanford football's head coach.

The dude played one week, and it was a call for Team Blue to win Big Game by a score of 34-10.  He would have led the whole pack for that round if he had just switched the colors.

When I first saw this news I thought it was a troll hire. Since then I've come around to think, this is so crazy that it just might work. And on a side note, being of Polish descent on my mother's father's side, I'm holding an irrational hope that Ross Kolodziej will return.

[Maple Leaf]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6856166...drew-luck/

Article by Stewart Mandel, who was at the news conference and did ask some questions.  Embedded in this article was a previous article written in April of 2022 on the decline of the Stanford Football program.  The best quote in the article was:

"You used to fear playing Stanford because of two things, because they were good and because they were gonna bloody you and you were gonna be beat up afterward. That is not them anymore. Nobody fears playing them anymore.”

[Maple Leaf]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6856166...drew-luck/

Article by Stewart Mandel, who was at the news conference and did ask some questions.  Embedded in this article was a previous article written in April of 2022 on the decline of the Stanford Football program.  The best quote in the article was:

"You used to fear playing Stanford because of two things, because they were good and because they were gonna bloody you and you were gonna be beat up afterward. That is not them anymore. Nobody fears playing them anymore.”

[fullmetal]

I listened to a bit of the presser and was disappointed even though I'm guardedly optimistic about the hire.  Too much word salad and coachspeak.  The idea that Pritchard would make the mistakes that we've seen other coaches make is also disappointing for someone whose image could be improved by showing a little self-reflection and awareness.  Maybe it will be, maybe it won't be.

[fullmetal]

I listened to a bit of the presser and was disappointed even though I'm guardedly optimistic about the hire.  Too much word salad and coachspeak.  The idea that Pritchard would make the mistakes that we've seen other coaches make is also disappointing for someone whose image could be improved by showing a little self-reflection and awareness.  Maybe it will be, maybe it won't be.