[Farm93]

Considering that JC transfers could address our periodic lack of depth at specific positions, could this policy feasibly be changed?  If not, (and I can understand why that may be the case) that seems to be a structural disadvantage Stanford has relative to others, although I don't recall it ever being cited as such.

One of many structural disadvantages that can be creatively transformed into a positive if someone is familiar with Stanford undergraduate environment (see David Shaw) and can credibly explain that positive perspective to the families of recruits.    Most of those structural quirks are forever part of the challenge.  

Stanford University now accepts only a few undergraduate transfers each year, so a football coach banking on more than one or two every four years would have to reset his program model.   Additionally the transfers we are talking would not emerge from your typical western state juco.   

If that report was true Petersen is not the first coach to suspect it would be too tough to put elements of his model in place at Stanford and he won't be the last.

[Farm93]

Considering that JC transfers could address our periodic lack of depth at specific positions, could this policy feasibly be changed?  If not, (and I can understand why that may be the case) that seems to be a structural disadvantage Stanford has relative to others, although I don't recall it ever being cited as such.

One of many structural disadvantages that can be creatively transformed into a positive if someone is familiar with Stanford undergraduate environment (see David Shaw) and can credibly explain that positive perspective to the families of recruits.    Most of those structural quirks are forever part of the challenge.  

Stanford University now accepts only a few undergraduate transfers each year, so a football coach banking on more than one or two every four years would have to reset his program model.   Additionally the transfers we are talking would not emerge from your typical western state juco.   

If that report was true Petersen is not the first coach to suspect it would be too tough to put elements of his model in place at Stanford and he won't be the last.