(03-13-2019, 12:59 AM)fullmetal Wrote:(03-12-2019, 02:23 PM)chrisk Wrote: How would more money help Stanford's competitiveness? That does not seem to be what is holding Stanford back.
In fact, more money to all schools might put Stanford at a competitive disadvantage.
Maybe to the Pac-12, but Stanford has been doing ok within the Pac-12 as of late, current season notwithstanding. I don't think any of us should be satisfied with starving the entire Pac-12 just to gain an edge over Pac-12 teams. We should be thinking about the annual game vs. Notre Dame as well as building a team capable of winning it all.
Also, if you have a few more million dollars in the budget, a lot of that goes to football, and that's less fundraising/shmoozing the coaches have to do, and that's more time for the coaches to be planning/coaching/recruiting. It's more money for anything--recruiting flights, equipment, etc. It's all a zero-sum game at that level.
I wonder how much "fund raising" Stanford Football coaches really need to do now days? This year we are ranked by some pundits as having the most difficult schedule in all of college football and USC and UCLA are often ranked with us in the top 10 of tough schedules. With this kind of schedule, the possibility of making the CFP is probably very low, even with an outstanding team. Lose one game and you probably still make it, unless another member of the conference is unbeaten. Lose 2 and no matter if you win the conference, you are not going to get in.
While I think Larry Scott is a clown and should be given the opportunity to find new employment, I simply don't see how the amount of money distributed to each school, or his expenses has an significant impact on whether a school in the conference makes the college playoffs. If we want to have any chance to make the CFP, ever, first thing we need to do is load our non-conference schedule with nothing but cream puffs, year in and year out. There are not any gimmies in the conference anymore. Why make it so difficult and load up the non-conference schedule too.
(01-02-2019, 01:45 PM)Beeg_Dawg Wrote: "The brand isn’t broken because of public perception. It’s busted because of results."
What? Isn't the bottom line the same? How is rebranding and more money going to improve on the field/court results?
I am with you BD, I don't see how more money helps, unless we can start offering bonuses to each recruit who signs with us, plus they won't have to go to class either.
One more comment,
When you open the season with Northwestern, UCF, and USC in first 3 your asking for it. Win them, and you still have to beat Oregon, Washington, WSU, UCLA, Cal and ND among others. You are looking at a schedule where 7 or 8 teams are top 30 teams. If Oregon State ever turns it around, things in the North will be impossible.