11-09-2019, 09:53 PM
Anyone who joined the team within 3 to 4 years after Harbaugh's departure was recruited by Harbaugh given that we start when people are freshmen or sophomores. Sure, Shaw and his staff closed the deal on them, but it really was Harbaugh's guys who were winning the games when those recruits were watching and believed they were jumping on a program that was continuing to rise.
I agree Shaw has done a lot for the program in the past few years but what is the program's trajectory now? What do we tell recruits about the outbreak of injuries?
And quite frankly, I do not care about 8 amd 9 win seasons because I have no interest in going to mediocre bowls year after year. I prefer boom and bust because at least there is a boom.
Shaw as a person does not inspire fans. Maybe his record does but my few interactions with him show him to be a very disagreeable person. Folks who used to be in the program say the same thing.
What do his former players say about him? What do they credit him with? Or do they talk about the Stanford experience as a whole?
We don't get back to a boom without some dramatic changes. We don't absolutely need a change in leadership, but we definitely need a change in the kind of leadership. Can Shaw look in the mirror and recognize that like other CEOs struggling?
Look at how many risks Saban has taken with his offense, including try coordinators who might not be like him and putting in a true freshman at QB in the national championship game. Can you imagine Shaw doing anything like that?
Bottom line, I don"t care if this is the greatest era of Stanford football, I don't get how folks think mediocre is ok because we were above average last year or the year before. It blows my mind that that folks associated with Stanford, many of us Type As who accept nothing less than the best in the rest of our lives, lower our standards and expectations for David Shaw. Losing 8 games and losing 4 games feels the same to me.
I agree Shaw has done a lot for the program in the past few years but what is the program's trajectory now? What do we tell recruits about the outbreak of injuries?
And quite frankly, I do not care about 8 amd 9 win seasons because I have no interest in going to mediocre bowls year after year. I prefer boom and bust because at least there is a boom.
Shaw as a person does not inspire fans. Maybe his record does but my few interactions with him show him to be a very disagreeable person. Folks who used to be in the program say the same thing.
What do his former players say about him? What do they credit him with? Or do they talk about the Stanford experience as a whole?
We don't get back to a boom without some dramatic changes. We don't absolutely need a change in leadership, but we definitely need a change in the kind of leadership. Can Shaw look in the mirror and recognize that like other CEOs struggling?
Look at how many risks Saban has taken with his offense, including try coordinators who might not be like him and putting in a true freshman at QB in the national championship game. Can you imagine Shaw doing anything like that?
Bottom line, I don"t care if this is the greatest era of Stanford football, I don't get how folks think mediocre is ok because we were above average last year or the year before. It blows my mind that that folks associated with Stanford, many of us Type As who accept nothing less than the best in the rest of our lives, lower our standards and expectations for David Shaw. Losing 8 games and losing 4 games feels the same to me.