11-21-2020, 05:09 PM
They have attacked the 2022 recruiting class with renewed vigor. We have no offered more people, earlier, than in any other year in the Shaw era. Now, we will see if this yields results and if they are willing to actively press Stanford's case, instead of just asking the recruits to "call me maybe". You can argue that it shouldn't have taken until Shaw's 12th recruiting class or the fifth one since the signing day changed in 2017 (something that has clearly hurt Stanford, exacerbated by Shaw's trouble adjusting to the new calendar). I think those are more than fair critiques. But the idea that he is somehow oblivious to the problem and not adjusting is not consistent with the jumbo classes of 2020 (which got us back to 80+ scholarships filled) and 2022.
What I would like to see is more consistency here, and instead of alternating hard recruiting pushes followed by fallow classes, I would like to see a full court press recruiting every year. That means closing on the 2022 offers, and then making a big push to 2023, instead of relaxing and assuming that if we have a good year in 2022, that we can take the foot off the recruiting gas.
BC
What I would like to see is more consistency here, and instead of alternating hard recruiting pushes followed by fallow classes, I would like to see a full court press recruiting every year. That means closing on the 2022 offers, and then making a big push to 2023, instead of relaxing and assuming that if we have a good year in 2022, that we can take the foot off the recruiting gas.
BC