[donkey687]

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If Shaw were to hire internally, I would think that Ron Gould would be a more likely candidate: with about 25 years of coaching experience, a sterling reputation as a RB coach, four years as a college head coach, and 5 years as an Associate Head Coach at a Power 5 program.

Totally agree.  I've been putting my money on Gould.  If it's him, then they already know it's him.  It would be impractical and disrespectful to announce the decision this week due to the Bryce Love award tour, in which both Shaw and Gould are participating.  So.... maybe we can expect to hear in the next couple days after their return from New York?

One thing that I didn't expect is that Bloomgren is staying on-board through the Alamo Bowl for one last opportunity to coach the team.  The Stanford Football email newsletter said that Shaw had agreed with Rice to make this possible, but if you think about it, it had to be Bloomgren who made this a priority.  I think it's fantastic and a very classy, selfless move - more than is normally expected in today's coaching carousel.
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It seems crazy to me that Bloomgren is coaching Alamo Bowl from the Bloomgren and Rice stand point. It is a critical recruiting time for Bloomgren/Rice.  The Alamo bowl is a nice bowl in Rice's home state where they recruit most of their players, but it isn't the playoffs or the Cotton Bowl.

[donkey687]

[quote author=CTcard link=topic=18321.msg217524#msg217524 date=1512766457]

If Shaw were to hire internally, I would think that Ron Gould would be a more likely candidate: with about 25 years of coaching experience, a sterling reputation as a RB coach, four years as a college head coach, and 5 years as an Associate Head Coach at a Power 5 program.

Totally agree.  I've been putting my money on Gould.  If it's him, then they already know it's him.  It would be impractical and disrespectful to announce the decision this week due to the Bryce Love award tour, in which both Shaw and Gould are participating.  So.... maybe we can expect to hear in the next couple days after their return from New York?

One thing that I didn't expect is that Bloomgren is staying on-board through the Alamo Bowl for one last opportunity to coach the team.  The Stanford Football email newsletter said that Shaw had agreed with Rice to make this possible, but if you think about it, it had to be Bloomgren who made this a priority.  I think it's fantastic and a very classy, selfless move - more than is normally expected in today's coaching carousel.
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It seems crazy to me that Bloomgren is coaching Alamo Bowl from the Bloomgren and Rice stand point. It is a critical recruiting time for Bloomgren/Rice.  The Alamo bowl is a nice bowl in Rice's home state where they recruit most of their players, but it isn't the playoffs or the Cotton Bowl.