[Papa John]

They also set an all-time losing streak to the juggernaut Washington State Cougars.

Not true, or perhaps more accurate, not true yet. WSU beat Stanford eight times in a row from 1957-1964.

As for whether or not Shaw is a good/great coach if he has a five-game losing streak to WSU... During that same stretch--2016-2021--he has the following records against Pac-12 foes:

5-0 vs Oregon State
2-0 vs Arizona
4-1 vs Cal
4-2 vs UCLA
4-2 vs Oregon
2-1 vs Arizona State
3-2 vs Washington
3-3 vs USC
1-1 vs Utah
0-3 vs Colorado
0-5 vs Washington State

Winless versus Colorado and WSU since 2016 is obviously not great. But the rest of the results suggest "good" to me, since, overall, Shaw is 28-20 versus conference foes. And note that these results are post-2015, during the time when Stanford football inextricably and irreversibly sunk into the abyss of football mediocrity (or worse).

[Papa John]

They also set an all-time losing streak to the juggernaut Washington State Cougars.

Not true, or perhaps more accurate, not true yet. WSU beat Stanford eight times in a row from 1957-1964.

As for whether or not Shaw is a good/great coach if he has a five-game losing streak to WSU... During that same stretch--2016-2021--he has the following records against Pac-12 foes:

5-0 vs Oregon State
2-0 vs Arizona
4-1 vs Cal
4-2 vs UCLA
4-2 vs Oregon
2-1 vs Arizona State
3-2 vs Washington
3-3 vs USC
1-1 vs Utah
0-3 vs Colorado
0-5 vs Washington State

Winless versus Colorado and WSU since 2016 is obviously not great. But the rest of the results suggest "good" to me, since, overall, Shaw is 28-20 versus conference foes. And note that these results are post-2015, during the time when Stanford football inextricably and irreversibly sunk into the abyss of football mediocrity (or worse).