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I am less worried about the D than I am about the O. If any coordinator needs to go, it's the fanboy hero. Shaw probably won't get rid of either one, but there's no way he gets rid of both.

The decline in OL performance somewhat coincides with Bloomgren's promotion to the dual OC/OL role. I never understood that one. OL is the lynchpin of the offense, and to have it coached on a part-time basis was always a big issue for me. Thanks Hulk for clarifying the impact with stats.

Hulk provided the statement of the problem. It is up to Shaw (and the people on the staff) to figure out how to fix it. However, I see no evidence whatsoever  that the current OC is significantly responsible for the OL declining over a time period where he had essentially no input into it's coaching. That is, IMHO, simply not logical.
If you want to blame Pritchard for something, it would have to be the Burns/Chryst situation. That was on his watch as QB coach, at least to a large degree. At the same time, you would have to give him credit for KJ Costello developing pretty nicely. It seems from your "fanboy" reference that you think that Pritchard lacks the credentials to be Stanford's OC. That is a reasonable argument, IMHO. His experience is all at Stanford and is limited. However, I would say that given the fact that he has been OC for a very short time, and given the fact he has been forced by having no run game to change the offensive focus of the team, it is hard to say he has done a "bad" job. One could ask why the change in focus didn't come earlier. For all we know, Pritchard told Shaw that they had big problems running the ball back in the spring and Shaw simply didn't believe it. I didn't see anybody on this board, myself included, arguing that in July. In fact, the OL was supposed to be great. So, maybe we do need somebody with more experience and better credentials. But not because that person didn't fix the OL two years ago.

I also would not indict Pritchard for our woes on the O-line.  The history of the decline is too long for Pritchard to be responsible.  That said, as Goose notes above, Pritchard was already in the cross-hairs for what appeared to be poor development of Burns and Chryst.  As QB coach, it was his job to accelerate the performance curve of these two 4-star recruits; and yet we struggled at this position for a year-and-a-half until the switch to KJ.  Before there was any indication that Bloomgren would leave, there were many voices calling for Pritchard's removal from the QB-coach position.  That he would then be promoted to OC in the wake of Bloomgren's departure shocked many Cardinal faithful (me included).  My gripe vis-a-vis the selection of Pritchard as OC is that he had scarcely proven himself a good QB coach and was then handed the keys to the entire offense.  He is a home-grown product with no experience outside the Stanford system.  Shaw had the opportunity to go out and hire a seasoned OC that would bring fresh blood into the system.  Instead, he promoted the familiar face from within and ensured that nothing would rock the boat.  Missed opportunity.  And this is nothing against Pritchard personally (indeed, he may have a bright future as a coach in NCAA football).  But he does not have the track record or the credentials to lead an entire offensive unit at a Power-Five school such as Stanford.

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I am less worried about the D than I am about the O. If any coordinator needs to go, it's the fanboy hero. Shaw probably won't get rid of either one, but there's no way he gets rid of both.

The decline in OL performance somewhat coincides with Bloomgren's promotion to the dual OC/OL role. I never understood that one. OL is the lynchpin of the offense, and to have it coached on a part-time basis was always a big issue for me. Thanks Hulk for clarifying the impact with stats.

Hulk provided the statement of the problem. It is up to Shaw (and the people on the staff) to figure out how to fix it. However, I see no evidence whatsoever  that the current OC is significantly responsible for the OL declining over a time period where he had essentially no input into it's coaching. That is, IMHO, simply not logical.
If you want to blame Pritchard for something, it would have to be the Burns/Chryst situation. That was on his watch as QB coach, at least to a large degree. At the same time, you would have to give him credit for KJ Costello developing pretty nicely. It seems from your "fanboy" reference that you think that Pritchard lacks the credentials to be Stanford's OC. That is a reasonable argument, IMHO. His experience is all at Stanford and is limited. However, I would say that given the fact that he has been OC for a very short time, and given the fact he has been forced by having no run game to change the offensive focus of the team, it is hard to say he has done a "bad" job. One could ask why the change in focus didn't come earlier. For all we know, Pritchard told Shaw that they had big problems running the ball back in the spring and Shaw simply didn't believe it. I didn't see anybody on this board, myself included, arguing that in July. In fact, the OL was supposed to be great. So, maybe we do need somebody with more experience and better credentials. But not because that person didn't fix the OL two years ago.

I also would not indict Pritchard for our woes on the O-line.  The history of the decline is too long for Pritchard to be responsible.  That said, as Goose notes above, Pritchard was already in the cross-hairs for what appeared to be poor development of Burns and Chryst.  As QB coach, it was his job to accelerate the performance curve of these two 4-star recruits; and yet we struggled at this position for a year-and-a-half until the switch to KJ.  Before there was any indication that Bloomgren would leave, there were many voices calling for Pritchard's removal from the QB-coach position.  That he would then be promoted to OC in the wake of Bloomgren's departure shocked many Cardinal faithful (me included).  My gripe vis-a-vis the selection of Pritchard as OC is that he had scarcely proven himself a good QB coach and was then handed the keys to the entire offense.  He is a home-grown product with no experience outside the Stanford system.  Shaw had the opportunity to go out and hire a seasoned OC that would bring fresh blood into the system.  Instead, he promoted the familiar face from within and ensured that nothing would rock the boat.  Missed opportunity.  And this is nothing against Pritchard personally (indeed, he may have a bright future as a coach in NCAA football).  But he does not have the track record or the credentials to lead an entire offensive unit at a Power-Five school such as Stanford.