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The primary reason I continue to support Shaw is I don't think he's going anywhere.  He's an unique fit with Stanford and would be less successful elsewhere.  So he's the solution to the perennial stepping stone problem.  He's represents the program and the school well. He's a good leader and administrator.  He recruits well. He can fix his shortcomings (not recruiting a QB every year, conservative play calling, and blind loyalty to his assistants).

The primary reason I continue to support Shaw is that he has the most wins of any coach in Stanford history, so far the worst season he has put on the board has been 8-5, and he has the best winning percentage of any coach at Stanford within my lifetime - and that of most people on this board (I think anyway: Shaughnessy had a better win percentage but over just two seasons, and if you are over 78 you were born before he quit coaching at Stanford; if you are over 87 your birth was before Pop Warner finished up - he edges out Shaw by a few percentage points).

Well that plus the "represents the program well" bit; though I wish that were more than a throw-away line for more people.


I would also point out that of and by itself, conservative play calling and loyalty to assistants are not negatives. While excessively so would be, excessively anything would be.
It might also be worth noting that I think Shaw actually has recruited a QB every year, he just hasn't landed a QB every year. I take that as objective evidence of a failing despite the complicated issue of how many QBs Stanford ought to bring in.]

[CTcard]

The primary reason I continue to support Shaw is I don't think he's going anywhere.  He's an unique fit with Stanford and would be less successful elsewhere.  So he's the solution to the perennial stepping stone problem.  He's represents the program and the school well. He's a good leader and administrator.  He recruits well. He can fix his shortcomings (not recruiting a QB every year, conservative play calling, and blind loyalty to his assistants).

The primary reason I continue to support Shaw is that he has the most wins of any coach in Stanford history, so far the worst season he has put on the board has been 8-5, and he has the best winning percentage of any coach at Stanford within my lifetime - and that of most people on this board (I think anyway: Shaughnessy had a better win percentage but over just two seasons, and if you are over 78 you were born before he quit coaching at Stanford; if you are over 87 your birth was before Pop Warner finished up - he edges out Shaw by a few percentage points).

Well that plus the "represents the program well" bit; though I wish that were more than a throw-away line for more people.


I would also point out that of and by itself, conservative play calling and loyalty to assistants are not negatives. While excessively so would be, excessively anything would be.
It might also be worth noting that I think Shaw actually has recruited a QB every year, he just hasn't landed a QB every year. I take that as objective evidence of a failing despite the complicated issue of how many QBs Stanford ought to bring in.]