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Everyone in a competitive environment must adapt, including David Shaw. He has had a lot of success doing it the same way, but the stats show teams have caught up to him.  Nick Saban used to run a very Stanford-like offense.  Not so much any more.  At the same time, Les Miles was fired at LSU because he didn't adapt and evolve.

The run is easiest to stop, and the rules are designed to make it easier to pass than ever before. Stanford doesn't need to pass 50 times a game. Not to sound like a broken record, but Stanford does need to become more balanced and much less predictable between the two, and develop a more diverse passing game. I personally feel Shaw needs to hire an experienced OC and let him run the offense.

I don't know about Anderson. It may be time for a change there too. He's no Vic Fangio or Derek Mason.

People have been calling for Shaw to hire an experienced OC for years now. I'm afraid we are wasting our collective breaths on this one. If he were going to do it he would have done it by now.

Agree.  I do not see an experienced OC coming anytime soon.  Bloomgren's departure was the big chance; but Shaw gave the job to his home-grown product.  The biggest issue for me is the decreasing competitiveness of both lines.  This was where Harbaugh built the current Stanford identity; and this was what Shaw continued and nurtured. But line play on both sides of the ball has atrophied.  You cannot play Stanford football without being competitive in the trenches.

[Austroturf]

Everyone in a competitive environment must adapt, including David Shaw. He has had a lot of success doing it the same way, but the stats show teams have caught up to him.  Nick Saban used to run a very Stanford-like offense.  Not so much any more.  At the same time, Les Miles was fired at LSU because he didn't adapt and evolve.

The run is easiest to stop, and the rules are designed to make it easier to pass than ever before. Stanford doesn't need to pass 50 times a game. Not to sound like a broken record, but Stanford does need to become more balanced and much less predictable between the two, and develop a more diverse passing game. I personally feel Shaw needs to hire an experienced OC and let him run the offense.

I don't know about Anderson. It may be time for a change there too. He's no Vic Fangio or Derek Mason.

People have been calling for Shaw to hire an experienced OC for years now. I'm afraid we are wasting our collective breaths on this one. If he were going to do it he would have done it by now.

Agree.  I do not see an experienced OC coming anytime soon.  Bloomgren's departure was the big chance; but Shaw gave the job to his home-grown product.  The biggest issue for me is the decreasing competitiveness of both lines.  This was where Harbaugh built the current Stanford identity; and this was what Shaw continued and nurtured. But line play on both sides of the ball has atrophied.  You cannot play Stanford football without being competitive in the trenches.