[Farm93]

Any thoughts about whether Shaw sees Stanford as a forty-year decision like he asks recruits to think about it?

Well, from a certain point of view HIS 40 year decision was made in the very early 90s.  And from that perspective he is ~30 years into his 40 year decision.

As a coach he has noted several times that he hopes to stay at Stanford until his kids are in college.  So given the age of his children that implies the Stanford coaching stop was at least a 20 year decision.  There too, a bit of perspective is needed because he has already been with this employer for 9 seasons now.

For players that want their coach to stay with a program during their four or five years on campus I don't think there are many better bets than Shaw staying at Stanford.  That doesn't mean he can't leave in January, but as a recruit looks at the national landscape very few coaches can really give any better assurances they will be at their gig in 2020.

[Farm93]

Any thoughts about whether Shaw sees Stanford as a forty-year decision like he asks recruits to think about it?

Well, from a certain point of view HIS 40 year decision was made in the very early 90s.  And from that perspective he is ~30 years into his 40 year decision.

As a coach he has noted several times that he hopes to stay at Stanford until his kids are in college.  So given the age of his children that implies the Stanford coaching stop was at least a 20 year decision.  There too, a bit of perspective is needed because he has already been with this employer for 9 seasons now.

For players that want their coach to stay with a program during their four or five years on campus I don't think there are many better bets than Shaw staying at Stanford.  That doesn't mean he can't leave in January, but as a recruit looks at the national landscape very few coaches can really give any better assurances they will be at their gig in 2020.