[winflop]

I'm critical with love, or something like that.

Same here, but I guess I am a bit more critical of Coach Bloomgren.  Two of the last three seasons the OL simply hasn't been good enough despite having massive amounts of highly recruited talent.  He is the position coach there and that is squarely on him.  He is also the offensive coordinator and although we don't exactly know who does what play calling when, he's clearly part of that brain trust and at some critical times it has been questionable while at other times it has been brilliant.

As stated above, Stanford wants to be a CFP team.  I see consistency as the biggest challenge to getting there, and I do wonder if Coach Bloomgren can develop greater consistency both as a position coach and as part of the playcalling brain trust.  I think the program is THAT close to getting over the hump and into the CFP and I can't wait to see it happen!

[winflop]

I'm critical with love, or something like that.

Same here, but I guess I am a bit more critical of Coach Bloomgren.  Two of the last three seasons the OL simply hasn't been good enough despite having massive amounts of highly recruited talent.  He is the position coach there and that is squarely on him.  He is also the offensive coordinator and although we don't exactly know who does what play calling when, he's clearly part of that brain trust and at some critical times it has been questionable while at other times it has been brilliant.

As stated above, Stanford wants to be a CFP team.  I see consistency as the biggest challenge to getting there, and I do wonder if Coach Bloomgren can develop greater consistency both as a position coach and as part of the playcalling brain trust.  I think the program is THAT close to getting over the hump and into the CFP and I can't wait to see it happen!