[SamuelMcF]

Odds that 2020 will be a good recruiting year for Stanford?  Very close to zero.   Not an excuse.  Not a prediction of Shaw's future as coach.  Just a reality if you look at the logistics of recruiting in this pandemic.

The SEC coaches can literally recruit by car and still spend every night at home.   
Stanford coaches don't have that luxury.   Worse, in a number of states, like Texas, a person coming from California had to quarantine for 14 days.   That COVID19 restriction was in place in Texas for several weeks.   Can we agree that type of health policy would make it rather hard for a CA-based coach to recruit Texas?

Nobody can recruit in person. The NCAA dead period was extended to July 31.

[SamuelMcF]

Odds that 2020 will be a good recruiting year for Stanford?  Very close to zero.   Not an excuse.  Not a prediction of Shaw's future as coach.  Just a reality if you look at the logistics of recruiting in this pandemic.

The SEC coaches can literally recruit by car and still spend every night at home.   
Stanford coaches don't have that luxury.   Worse, in a number of states, like Texas, a person coming from California had to quarantine for 14 days.   That COVID19 restriction was in place in Texas for several weeks.   Can we agree that type of health policy would make it rather hard for a CA-based coach to recruit Texas?

Nobody can recruit in person. The NCAA dead period was extended to July 31.