11-10-2020, 02:03 PM
Funny today I see Four Seasons and my mind drifts to hotels and landscaping. :)
Moving to this thread. One coach has 37 losses over 10+ seasons and gets a schedule loaded with easy opponents and loads of home games. But the big flaw? That coach also had to vacate wins. That's a no no for any comparison to a Stanford coach IMHO.
The other coach has 35 losses in 10+ seasons. So that looks largely comparable.
They both have been to big time bowls and there is ZERO doubt in my mind that Stanford teams that went to the BSC/NYG Bowls would have gone to the CFP if they had shiny gold helmets. There are a lot of reasons for that but actually Shaw and Muir are minor players in that reality.
FWIW - I noted this before, but believe it more now - The results in 2020 just need to be dramatically discounted. When your local health policies are a big factor in your season record it is best to just throw up an asterisk and get ready for 2021. Enjoy the Saturday entertainment during the inevitable shutdown #2, continue to hope the players stay healthy, and wait for the 2021 season before making any decisions on staff retention. That will apply for every sport.
Unless a Stanford coach commits some major NCAA violations in the next 5 months, they likely will be retained into the 2021-2022 academic year for a number of reasons that revolve around COVID mitigation logistics and the very tough budget challenges COVID created.
Moving to this thread. One coach has 37 losses over 10+ seasons and gets a schedule loaded with easy opponents and loads of home games. But the big flaw? That coach also had to vacate wins. That's a no no for any comparison to a Stanford coach IMHO.
The other coach has 35 losses in 10+ seasons. So that looks largely comparable.
They both have been to big time bowls and there is ZERO doubt in my mind that Stanford teams that went to the BSC/NYG Bowls would have gone to the CFP if they had shiny gold helmets. There are a lot of reasons for that but actually Shaw and Muir are minor players in that reality.
FWIW - I noted this before, but believe it more now - The results in 2020 just need to be dramatically discounted. When your local health policies are a big factor in your season record it is best to just throw up an asterisk and get ready for 2021. Enjoy the Saturday entertainment during the inevitable shutdown #2, continue to hope the players stay healthy, and wait for the 2021 season before making any decisions on staff retention. That will apply for every sport.
Unless a Stanford coach commits some major NCAA violations in the next 5 months, they likely will be retained into the 2021-2022 academic year for a number of reasons that revolve around COVID mitigation logistics and the very tough budget challenges COVID created.