[Mick]

If you listen to Troy Clardy's "TreeCast" podcast, which includes some of Shaw's post-game comments from Saturday, you can hear that Shaw already took responsibility then.  "Disappointing to me, because I put that on my shoulders that we didn't go out there and execute better."

The talk about how Shaw handles press conferences is sort of a red herring.  Obviously, regardless of whatever he says, he knows he's ultimately responsible for wins and losses.  Everything else is window dressing.

Typically, after losses, Shaw is a walking thesaurus of high-grade coach-speak platitudes. He sets up straw-man pinatas and swats them, all the while refusing to straightforwardly and honestly address the critical issues raised by informed observers. He's always right, above the fray and, frankly, condescending. Oh, and in his last 20 games, his teams have lost 11. Make that 12 after USC.  Some of us out there are counting.

I wonder if he knows he's doing that, using coach-speak?  

Separately, I wonder how many coaches "straightforwardly and honestly address the critical issues raised by informed observers."

[Mick]

If you listen to Troy Clardy's "TreeCast" podcast, which includes some of Shaw's post-game comments from Saturday, you can hear that Shaw already took responsibility then.  "Disappointing to me, because I put that on my shoulders that we didn't go out there and execute better."

The talk about how Shaw handles press conferences is sort of a red herring.  Obviously, regardless of whatever he says, he knows he's ultimately responsible for wins and losses.  Everything else is window dressing.

Typically, after losses, Shaw is a walking thesaurus of high-grade coach-speak platitudes. He sets up straw-man pinatas and swats them, all the while refusing to straightforwardly and honestly address the critical issues raised by informed observers. He's always right, above the fray and, frankly, condescending. Oh, and in his last 20 games, his teams have lost 11. Make that 12 after USC.  Some of us out there are counting.

I wonder if he knows he's doing that, using coach-speak?  

Separately, I wonder how many coaches "straightforwardly and honestly address the critical issues raised by informed observers."