[GK3]

I agree. This is the single biggest thing he could do to right the ship, although it won't happen until at least the off season. 

The biggest example was promoting Tavita up the ranks. It's not that he's necessarily a bad position coach and someone who is passionate about Stanford, but he has limited perspective. Let him go outside, see some new philosophies, and maybe if there's an opening down the road, bring him back. It's nothing personal. It's about getting a mind trust. When people like Mason and Bloomgren leave, their positions need to be filled with people of equal caliber.

I believe our problem is compounded by the fact that it is now HARDER to get into Stanford than it was when Harbaugh arrived.  I am not at all sure the University cuts the athletic department as much slack in recruiting athletes as it used to do.  Is the University willing to pay the kind of money it would take to get top notch coordinators?  The figure might just be bigger than the University would be willing to pay and face the faculty and staff.  The various boards are full of complaints about the people we didn't offer who had 4.0 averages, or a Wunderlich  score of such and such.  A 4.0 average is rather meaningless in terms of getting accepted, there is so much more that needs to be part of the package.

I am not at all sure that it is all that important to the current administration that we do well in the revenue sports any longer.  There a lot of moving pieces involved in this issue and they all probably contribute to the current situation.

[GK3]

I agree. This is the single biggest thing he could do to right the ship, although it won't happen until at least the off season. 

The biggest example was promoting Tavita up the ranks. It's not that he's necessarily a bad position coach and someone who is passionate about Stanford, but he has limited perspective. Let him go outside, see some new philosophies, and maybe if there's an opening down the road, bring him back. It's nothing personal. It's about getting a mind trust. When people like Mason and Bloomgren leave, their positions need to be filled with people of equal caliber.

I believe our problem is compounded by the fact that it is now HARDER to get into Stanford than it was when Harbaugh arrived.  I am not at all sure the University cuts the athletic department as much slack in recruiting athletes as it used to do.  Is the University willing to pay the kind of money it would take to get top notch coordinators?  The figure might just be bigger than the University would be willing to pay and face the faculty and staff.  The various boards are full of complaints about the people we didn't offer who had 4.0 averages, or a Wunderlich  score of such and such.  A 4.0 average is rather meaningless in terms of getting accepted, there is so much more that needs to be part of the package.

I am not at all sure that it is all that important to the current administration that we do well in the revenue sports any longer.  There a lot of moving pieces involved in this issue and they all probably contribute to the current situation.