Quote:I don't know how you can watch him talking about Leach's coaching style and not take that as a bunch of digs at Shaw.
KJ is a competitor and appreciates the aggressiveness of Leach's offensive philosophy of always attacking. In addition, he also has pointed out the work ethic of his new teammates. You can take those as digs against Shaw, but I don't read too much into that. He is complementing Coach Leach's system and enjoying playing in the most QB friendly system in the country. The comments about the players working harder and being more aggressive are more worrisome to me. Is our program filled with a lot of players who just care less about football and aren't putting as much into it? I hesitate to raise the question as I know the Stanford players are grinding and working hard, but elsewhere are the players working even harder because it means more?
I found the AJ Tarpley interview on Troy Clardy's podcast to be interesting. The 2010 team had lots of talented players but not necessarily as highly touted recruiting wise as our recent teams. Tarpley didn't come to Stanford because he was a "Stanford man". He came because it was his best offer. He had his eyes on the Big Ten. He played with a chip on his shoulder and rode that all the way to the NFL. I am not sure we are getting guys like that any longer and are instead getting players who buy into the "Stanford man" Shaw philosophy and football may not be as important to them.