09-22-2019, 01:22 AM
When Oregon scored on a busted coverage TD pass to make it 21-3 in the 4th Quarter, I left the stadium, and walked to the ticket office, where I had just spent $100 about 3.5 hours prior, for the privilege of being in Stanford Stadium - 2/3 full with 2/3 of attendees Duck fans - with my college buddy. I asked for a refund.
That was the most awful football game I’ve ever paid money to see in person. Even Oregon did it’s part to take the air out of the ball, only rushing for 61 on 30 carries, continually doing so when it wasn’t working. Oregon only ran 54 plays to Stanford’s 63, including Herbert throwing fewer passes than Costello, although much more effectively, because Oregon has a clue on offense while Stanford isn’t playing modern football.
I don’t want to hear about OL issues. It played fairly well all things considered. As did the defensive line. I don’t want to hear about execution. Sure there were some penalties, but good teams overcome them. It literally felt like David Shaw was trying to run out the clock to avoid being blown out, running a prevent offense. How did it help his cause being so afraid to run a complete offense from inside his own territory the whole game minus the first and last drives of it?
David Shaw needs to understand football is an entertainment business. Several people around me left at half time, citing the boring football being played. Everything Shaw controls is at a glacial pace. Recruiting, changing coaches, barely getting plays off in time, the slow developing nature of so much of what the offense does. Slow and boring is not how you win fans. Wisconsin plays a run-dominated offense, but are way more entertaining to watch, even when they had worse QB play than now.
Notre Dame’s TE had 9 catches at UGA. Stanford’s offensive coaches couldn’t even scheme their All American TE to a single catch. Costello was crazy enough to take off running on a 3rd and 17. Michael Wilson fielded a punt bouncing into the end zone, inside the 5, that would have been a touchback. Stanford has one offensive TD at home in two games. The offense is terribly coached. There is no imagination, nothing that puts pressure on defenses. The margin of error they are giving themselves is razor thin.
Shaw needs an intervention, absolutely must step down as OC and hire someone else to do the job. Every team in the PAC-12 has a better offense than Stanford now, including Cal and Oregon State who will likely beat Stanford next week. I saw David Shaw’s post game presser and see a guy who can’t see the forest through the trees. He sees a team that hasn’t played its best. I see a team being poorly coached.
That was the most awful football game I’ve ever paid money to see in person. Even Oregon did it’s part to take the air out of the ball, only rushing for 61 on 30 carries, continually doing so when it wasn’t working. Oregon only ran 54 plays to Stanford’s 63, including Herbert throwing fewer passes than Costello, although much more effectively, because Oregon has a clue on offense while Stanford isn’t playing modern football.
I don’t want to hear about OL issues. It played fairly well all things considered. As did the defensive line. I don’t want to hear about execution. Sure there were some penalties, but good teams overcome them. It literally felt like David Shaw was trying to run out the clock to avoid being blown out, running a prevent offense. How did it help his cause being so afraid to run a complete offense from inside his own territory the whole game minus the first and last drives of it?
David Shaw needs to understand football is an entertainment business. Several people around me left at half time, citing the boring football being played. Everything Shaw controls is at a glacial pace. Recruiting, changing coaches, barely getting plays off in time, the slow developing nature of so much of what the offense does. Slow and boring is not how you win fans. Wisconsin plays a run-dominated offense, but are way more entertaining to watch, even when they had worse QB play than now.
Notre Dame’s TE had 9 catches at UGA. Stanford’s offensive coaches couldn’t even scheme their All American TE to a single catch. Costello was crazy enough to take off running on a 3rd and 17. Michael Wilson fielded a punt bouncing into the end zone, inside the 5, that would have been a touchback. Stanford has one offensive TD at home in two games. The offense is terribly coached. There is no imagination, nothing that puts pressure on defenses. The margin of error they are giving themselves is razor thin.
Shaw needs an intervention, absolutely must step down as OC and hire someone else to do the job. Every team in the PAC-12 has a better offense than Stanford now, including Cal and Oregon State who will likely beat Stanford next week. I saw David Shaw’s post game presser and see a guy who can’t see the forest through the trees. He sees a team that hasn’t played its best. I see a team being poorly coached.