[pefloresjr]

Saban's first NC team in 2009 averaged 187 in the air, and 215 on the ground; scored 32 per game and gave up 12. This year, the Tide is averaging 347 in the air and 190 on the ground; scoring 50 per game and giving up 17.

You are aware, aren’t you, that this is a bulletin board for fans of the Stanford Cardinal. I couldn’t care less about Nick Saban. I imagine he is an effective fundraiser, befitting his locale and employer.

I wouldn’t trade any Stanford team for any other team in the country. I am proud of how each team of student athletes represent the university. And Coach Shaw is a great coach and a great fit. And so far this season, he has shown he still has some juice in the tank.

Who do I think has done a better job as coach this season — overall, including challenges, character and perspective? Keeping in mind coaches play a role in their communities during a global pandemic?  Keeping their players and communities safe, creating as positive an experience as possible for their student athletes during extraordinary challenges? Who has been the better coach, mentor, role model, community member, and university representative this season — Shaw or Saban? It is not even close.

And we wonder why Stanford gets zero traction with Joe Sports Fan in the surrounding area, who (correctly) views Stanford students and alums, by and large, as elitist, sanctimonious snobs.  By 2022, there will be tens of fans like you in the stands supporting the Stanford football program, the only one with its priorities straight.

That's ridiculous.  It seems to be your position that Stanford should move to the lowest common denominator to appeal to the average sports fan.  If only Shaw would do that, we would be competing for the national championship every year, right?  It's not going to happen and shouldn't.  Fans are there when the team performs well.  I care whether all of Stanford's teams perform well and whether they do it the right way.  I don't give a damn if you think that's elitist, it's the way Stanford has run its sports programs for over a century and has won more NCAA titles than any other school.  If it's elitist to care about sports other than football and men's basketball and, gasp, to care about women's sports, than I am happy to be elitist.  

Cheers,
Pete F.

[pefloresjr]

Saban's first NC team in 2009 averaged 187 in the air, and 215 on the ground; scored 32 per game and gave up 12. This year, the Tide is averaging 347 in the air and 190 on the ground; scoring 50 per game and giving up 17.

You are aware, aren’t you, that this is a bulletin board for fans of the Stanford Cardinal. I couldn’t care less about Nick Saban. I imagine he is an effective fundraiser, befitting his locale and employer.

I wouldn’t trade any Stanford team for any other team in the country. I am proud of how each team of student athletes represent the university. And Coach Shaw is a great coach and a great fit. And so far this season, he has shown he still has some juice in the tank.

Who do I think has done a better job as coach this season — overall, including challenges, character and perspective? Keeping in mind coaches play a role in their communities during a global pandemic?  Keeping their players and communities safe, creating as positive an experience as possible for their student athletes during extraordinary challenges? Who has been the better coach, mentor, role model, community member, and university representative this season — Shaw or Saban? It is not even close.

And we wonder why Stanford gets zero traction with Joe Sports Fan in the surrounding area, who (correctly) views Stanford students and alums, by and large, as elitist, sanctimonious snobs.  By 2022, there will be tens of fans like you in the stands supporting the Stanford football program, the only one with its priorities straight.

That's ridiculous.  It seems to be your position that Stanford should move to the lowest common denominator to appeal to the average sports fan.  If only Shaw would do that, we would be competing for the national championship every year, right?  It's not going to happen and shouldn't.  Fans are there when the team performs well.  I care whether all of Stanford's teams perform well and whether they do it the right way.  I don't give a damn if you think that's elitist, it's the way Stanford has run its sports programs for over a century and has won more NCAA titles than any other school.  If it's elitist to care about sports other than football and men's basketball and, gasp, to care about women's sports, than I am happy to be elitist.  

Cheers,
Pete F.