[JustAnotherFan]

BC: What the hell, I'm gonna jump on the dog-pile here: Say what you will about Shaw's superior comparisons to what we slogged through in the WigginWagon-slash-PapaElway, et. al., years, but however much you feel the need to grasp at those straws in the wind just remember: This coach has shown absolutely no evidence, no temperament nor any shred of inclination to do whatever it will take to replenish what was gift-wrapped for him in 2011. Indeed, he is dismissive to the point of contempt whenever he catches a whiff of doubt about staying the course. The record is there for all to see: Left to his own devices after the last shred of ESPN confetti hit the ground after the Iowa Rose Bowl, the back-half of the Shaw era thus far has drifted (and now is accelerating) south: In the last 26 games he's 11-15. Arrow Down.

11-14 in the last 25 games (4-8, 4-2, 3-4).  Going 26 games back includes the 2018 Sun Bowl, which we won against Pitt.

Wouldn't that be 10-15?

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1. Recruiting
2. Recruiting
3. Recruiting

This, in order of importance and priority, is the core of football success. The elite teams, needless to say, do it the most efficiently and relentlessly. Not minimizing coaching or "coaching up" or certainly not S&C, but raw athleticism + football speed compensate for a lot of deficiencies elsewhere. Ask the coaches who win.

Hasn't Shaw had consistently higher ranked classes than Harbaugh had? Yet Harbaugh did more with them. Player development under Harbaugh was phenomenal. Now we see highly rated recruits consistently underperforming.

[JustAnotherFan]

BC: What the hell, I'm gonna jump on the dog-pile here: Say what you will about Shaw's superior comparisons to what we slogged through in the WigginWagon-slash-PapaElway, et. al., years, but however much you feel the need to grasp at those straws in the wind just remember: This coach has shown absolutely no evidence, no temperament nor any shred of inclination to do whatever it will take to replenish what was gift-wrapped for him in 2011. Indeed, he is dismissive to the point of contempt whenever he catches a whiff of doubt about staying the course. The record is there for all to see: Left to his own devices after the last shred of ESPN confetti hit the ground after the Iowa Rose Bowl, the back-half of the Shaw era thus far has drifted (and now is accelerating) south: In the last 26 games he's 11-15. Arrow Down.

11-14 in the last 25 games (4-8, 4-2, 3-4).  Going 26 games back includes the 2018 Sun Bowl, which we won against Pitt.

Wouldn't that be 10-15?

---

1. Recruiting
2. Recruiting
3. Recruiting

This, in order of importance and priority, is the core of football success. The elite teams, needless to say, do it the most efficiently and relentlessly. Not minimizing coaching or "coaching up" or certainly not S&C, but raw athleticism + football speed compensate for a lot of deficiencies elsewhere. Ask the coaches who win.

Hasn't Shaw had consistently higher ranked classes than Harbaugh had? Yet Harbaugh did more with them. Player development under Harbaugh was phenomenal. Now we see highly rated recruits consistently underperforming.