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Yes, I don't get the issues with the OL.  Injuries?  Partially.  But ultimately, the coaching staff has to be held accountable.

There are obviously lots of things going on here, but I think the biggest is out of the coaches' control. There have been some serious injury issues along the offensive line. 

Well, broadly speaking coaches are responsible for everything in a college football program. So, I wouldn't quite go for the "out of the coaches' control" theme. However, injuries are probably closer to being out of the coaches' control than just about anything else. While there are lots of issues at the moment, injuries have been looming as a dark cloud over this season from as far back as January.

The OL, however, has been having issues since 2015, so this year's injuries are not the full story.

Everyone in a competitive environment must adapt, including David Shaw.

I know the end product is not where we all want it right now, but I actually think Coach Shaw has made a marked adaptation in the past couple of years on offense.
... we are running an offense more similar to a Big 12 spread team than [most anything else - my words]

I agree with d4cohn here. I find it incomprehensible that there is a major thread of belief on this board (and others) that Stanford's primary problem right now is a stubborn insistence by David Shaw to not change our offensive approach. Not only have their been changes to the offensive strategy all over the place, but this year is unlike anything Stanford has seen.

Personally, I think most of these changes are bad, and would argue that a lot of our troubles arise from trying to change for change's sake. I fear that long term this could prove disastrous as we lose our offensive personality all together - I mean what is our offense now and how do we recruit to it? 
However, the OL, our run game, and pass game sophistication are all is so bad right now I don't see that the "all back-shoulder throws" offense is necessarily worse than any other options. So, maybe the best we can hope for is to struggle through to the end of this season and that the staff spends the off season deciding and establishing just what the Stanford offense is going to be.

[CTcard]

Yes, I don't get the issues with the OL.  Injuries?  Partially.  But ultimately, the coaching staff has to be held accountable.

There are obviously lots of things going on here, but I think the biggest is out of the coaches' control. There have been some serious injury issues along the offensive line. 

Well, broadly speaking coaches are responsible for everything in a college football program. So, I wouldn't quite go for the "out of the coaches' control" theme. However, injuries are probably closer to being out of the coaches' control than just about anything else. While there are lots of issues at the moment, injuries have been looming as a dark cloud over this season from as far back as January.

The OL, however, has been having issues since 2015, so this year's injuries are not the full story.

Everyone in a competitive environment must adapt, including David Shaw.

I know the end product is not where we all want it right now, but I actually think Coach Shaw has made a marked adaptation in the past couple of years on offense.
... we are running an offense more similar to a Big 12 spread team than [most anything else - my words]

I agree with d4cohn here. I find it incomprehensible that there is a major thread of belief on this board (and others) that Stanford's primary problem right now is a stubborn insistence by David Shaw to not change our offensive approach. Not only have their been changes to the offensive strategy all over the place, but this year is unlike anything Stanford has seen.

Personally, I think most of these changes are bad, and would argue that a lot of our troubles arise from trying to change for change's sake. I fear that long term this could prove disastrous as we lose our offensive personality all together - I mean what is our offense now and how do we recruit to it? 
However, the OL, our run game, and pass game sophistication are all is so bad right now I don't see that the "all back-shoulder throws" offense is necessarily worse than any other options. So, maybe the best we can hope for is to struggle through to the end of this season and that the staff spends the off season deciding and establishing just what the Stanford offense is going to be.