[North Woods]

Harbaugh's brand of crazy came with high accountability that got us to levels we never expected. While I agree his approach was unsustainable as a long term Stanford fit, I fear that Shaw slightly under-indexes on that and over time this will continue to diminish if not counterbalanced by others on the staff or even players that are empowered to set the right tone e.g. Skov.

Sadly a quote from Stanford Football itself seems appropriate here: "You are getting better or you are getting worse. You never stay the same." Before we had less talent but overachieved. We are getting more talent, but without the right culture every day at practice we won't necessarily get better results.

BTW, Mike Montgomery was an example of someone who sustainably maintained this environment (with the benefit of some players like Brevin as well). I don't think a Harbaugh-like personality is the only way to pull this off. Hopefully Shaw can find a good balance of this without changing who he is and what makes him (still) a great fit for Stanford.

[North Woods]

Harbaugh's brand of crazy came with high accountability that got us to levels we never expected. While I agree his approach was unsustainable as a long term Stanford fit, I fear that Shaw slightly under-indexes on that and over time this will continue to diminish if not counterbalanced by others on the staff or even players that are empowered to set the right tone e.g. Skov.

Sadly a quote from Stanford Football itself seems appropriate here: "You are getting better or you are getting worse. You never stay the same." Before we had less talent but overachieved. We are getting more talent, but without the right culture every day at practice we won't necessarily get better results.

BTW, Mike Montgomery was an example of someone who sustainably maintained this environment (with the benefit of some players like Brevin as well). I don't think a Harbaugh-like personality is the only way to pull this off. Hopefully Shaw can find a good balance of this without changing who he is and what makes him (still) a great fit for Stanford.