11-10-2019, 10:42 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-10-2019, 11:00 AM by JohnR34231.)
(11-10-2019, 10:39 AM)Mick Wrote:(11-10-2019, 10:36 AM)JohnR34231 Wrote:(11-10-2019, 10:25 AM)Mick Wrote:(11-10-2019, 08:16 AM)JohnR34231 Wrote: Shaw says he knows a lot of people coaching in the NFL and they are not having nearly as much fun as he is (although possibly not now).
So I wouldn't assume the reason Shaw hasn't gone to the NFL is that he is content to wallow in mediocrity.
There have been times that I've wondered if Shaw is perfectly content at Stanford because he knows that his limited skill sets in recruiting, coaching, motivating, etc. would be forgiven at Stanford as they would nowhere else, AND because he knew he'd fail in the NFL immediately. He's Stanford-smart enough to know that the Peter principle wasn't for him.
Well, I suppose that's possible. Tyrone Willingham was sucessful at Stanford, but didn't have much luck when he tried to upgrade.
Kind of a dismal thought, though, to believe that a successful coach at Stanford would only stay because he felt he would not be able to make it on a bigger stage.
Why is that a dismal thought? The right guy knows he's in the right place? TW didn't, and it was a disaster for him. Seems to me, Shaw made the right choice. He'll be the legendary Stanford football coach by the time he's done.
He won't be the legendary coach if he starts turning in 4-8 records (and getting beat by ND by at least 35 points).
Or he might for the wrong reasons.
BTW it looks like Buddy Teevens will go 10-0 and win the Ivy League this year. So he knows he is in the right place, but it took him a while.