[GK3]

OK, thanks GK3.  I guess the question is how much we can translate what happened 30 and 40 years ago to circumstances today.

BC

An excellent point BC.  When you have come to expect success, then failing to repeat success can be reason enough for criticism.  JH's rebuilding years combined with Shaw's years, less the last can make it much easier to find reason to be critical and want change.  When viewed from a cost to watch perspective, you might find the criticism more vociferous.  For the  ancient few who have watched Stanford Football as student and later as a graduate,for nearly 70 years, might find our perspective be a bit different as we have seen the good, the bad and the ugly of Stanford Football.  Sometimes I think we fans today sound more like residents of Alabama than more jaded Stanford fans. Not that is bad, but for us it is a viewpoint not tempered by history. Sometimes it helps to remember history.

[GK3]

OK, thanks GK3.  I guess the question is how much we can translate what happened 30 and 40 years ago to circumstances today.

BC

An excellent point BC.  When you have come to expect success, then failing to repeat success can be reason enough for criticism.  JH's rebuilding years combined with Shaw's years, less the last can make it much easier to find reason to be critical and want change.  When viewed from a cost to watch perspective, you might find the criticism more vociferous.  For the  ancient few who have watched Stanford Football as student and later as a graduate,for nearly 70 years, might find our perspective be a bit different as we have seen the good, the bad and the ugly of Stanford Football.  Sometimes I think we fans today sound more like residents of Alabama than more jaded Stanford fans. Not that is bad, but for us it is a viewpoint not tempered by history. Sometimes it helps to remember history.