[Goose]

The one assessment that as far as I know nobody (including the media and coaching staff) got right was the fact Stanford would not be able to run the ball. All the rest of our "assessments" may have been right on (or not), but the glaring problem of this year is and was the running game. Some have asserted that the injuries we had on the OL accounts for the problem. It may be so, but it also could be something else. What worries me is that it seems to be such a mystery to everybody that it happened. What one does not understand can be real hard to fix. It is easy to make the problem worse instead of better. It is also possible to assign causes that are outside of ones control (as injuries mostly are) and just assume the problem will go away. The lack of a run games is the number one question on this team. Everything else, while possibly important, is secondary.

[Goose]

The one assessment that as far as I know nobody (including the media and coaching staff) got right was the fact Stanford would not be able to run the ball. All the rest of our "assessments" may have been right on (or not), but the glaring problem of this year is and was the running game. Some have asserted that the injuries we had on the OL accounts for the problem. It may be so, but it also could be something else. What worries me is that it seems to be such a mystery to everybody that it happened. What one does not understand can be real hard to fix. It is easy to make the problem worse instead of better. It is also possible to assign causes that are outside of ones control (as injuries mostly are) and just assume the problem will go away. The lack of a run games is the number one question on this team. Everything else, while possibly important, is secondary.