[CardinalSagehen]

I read somewhere that Tavita Pritchard is being considered....

You might have read it in Tom Fitzgerald's column in The Chronicle: http://www.sfchronicle.com/collegesports...408504.php

Possible candidates for Stanford’s offensive-coordinator job include quarterbacks coach Tavita Pritchard and Central Florida offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Troy Walters.

I'd love to see a shakeup with Troy Walters.  As for Tavita, none of us really knows his level of contribution behind the scenes, so it's hard to speculate on whether he's a bona fide candidate.  That would seem to be a very insular choice, given that all of Tavita's coaching experience has been with Stanford.  I also don't know why Fitzgerald fails to mention Gould, considering Gould's extensive experience with Tedford at Cal and other places.  Bryce has been effusive in his praise of Gould for helping him improve this year.

In any case, whether it excites fans or not, I think Shaw will promote from within and focus on finding a great OL coach.  Ben Muth's sentiments on Twitter were interesting: "Obviously the OC role is big, but maybe more important than that is who we bring in as the new OL coach. Stanford needs to continue to win up front, lot of guys can call plays with a good OL."

[CardinalSagehen]

I read somewhere that Tavita Pritchard is being considered....

You might have read it in Tom Fitzgerald's column in The Chronicle: http://www.sfchronicle.com/collegesports...408504.php

Possible candidates for Stanford’s offensive-coordinator job include quarterbacks coach Tavita Pritchard and Central Florida offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Troy Walters.

I'd love to see a shakeup with Troy Walters.  As for Tavita, none of us really knows his level of contribution behind the scenes, so it's hard to speculate on whether he's a bona fide candidate.  That would seem to be a very insular choice, given that all of Tavita's coaching experience has been with Stanford.  I also don't know why Fitzgerald fails to mention Gould, considering Gould's extensive experience with Tedford at Cal and other places.  Bryce has been effusive in his praise of Gould for helping him improve this year.

In any case, whether it excites fans or not, I think Shaw will promote from within and focus on finding a great OL coach.  Ben Muth's sentiments on Twitter were interesting: "Obviously the OC role is big, but maybe more important than that is who we bring in as the new OL coach. Stanford needs to continue to win up front, lot of guys can call plays with a good OL."