09-22-2019, 12:54 PM
In a word, stubborn. Stubborn, stubborn, stubborn.
I'd like to see another QB get a shot, and see a lot more of #20, and get a proven offensive coordinator, and see the coaches accept SOME of the responsibility, and stop with the injury-inducing hardest schedule in America schtick. And give-up already on the big offensive "system" that is apparently so complex it takes a Stanford student years to learn. If it worked well, then maybe it's worth the waste of talent. But it doesn't! The only times that system has put up decent points is when Stanford had generational talent in the backfield and/or front line. How do you create a decent offense in college football? Put extraordinary players in a constipated scheme and let them do their best to overcome it. And what's so wrong with dual-threat QB's? The good ones pass better than Stanford's current QB's have so far, and run better than Stanford's current running backs. If anything, Pro-style pocket passer is just a nice way of saying he can't move out of his own way and is only good if he has perfect protection and open receivers.
Are you a 5 star recruit and near-lock for the NFL? Then come to Stanford where you can ride the bench for a few years thanks to the world's most needlessly complex and unproductive offensive scheme -- all while your friends are becoming household names and All-Americans!
And another thing, when I was a boy.....[rant, rant, rant....]
I'd like to see another QB get a shot, and see a lot more of #20, and get a proven offensive coordinator, and see the coaches accept SOME of the responsibility, and stop with the injury-inducing hardest schedule in America schtick. And give-up already on the big offensive "system" that is apparently so complex it takes a Stanford student years to learn. If it worked well, then maybe it's worth the waste of talent. But it doesn't! The only times that system has put up decent points is when Stanford had generational talent in the backfield and/or front line. How do you create a decent offense in college football? Put extraordinary players in a constipated scheme and let them do their best to overcome it. And what's so wrong with dual-threat QB's? The good ones pass better than Stanford's current QB's have so far, and run better than Stanford's current running backs. If anything, Pro-style pocket passer is just a nice way of saying he can't move out of his own way and is only good if he has perfect protection and open receivers.
Are you a 5 star recruit and near-lock for the NFL? Then come to Stanford where you can ride the bench for a few years thanks to the world's most needlessly complex and unproductive offensive scheme -- all while your friends are becoming household names and All-Americans!
And another thing, when I was a boy.....[rant, rant, rant....]