[cnorx]

The maddening thing about Shaw’s teams these past few years is that they are the embodiment of “any given Saturday.”  One week they can knock off a top ten team and look like world beaters, the next week they slew walk through a loss to a bottom-dweller in our conference. That is the one consistent thing about Shaw’s recent teams - they play to the level of their competition, up or down. 

Here is the text I sent to a fellow alum at kickoff - “This is the kind of game Stanford should easily win if they don’t play down to washinton’s level.” 

Sadly, that is what we did. 

Personally, this game was the breaking point for me on Shaw. I hate to say it but I just don’t have any faith that things are going to turn around. I also have zero faith that he knows what he is doing in the final stages of a game in which we are ahead. 

On the other hand, I don’t know who would come in and improve upon the current state of affairs. But to see how far the program has fallen, both in terms of on-field success and fan support, is truly alarming. The status quo seems untenable.

[cnorx]

The maddening thing about Shaw’s teams these past few years is that they are the embodiment of “any given Saturday.”  One week they can knock off a top ten team and look like world beaters, the next week they slew walk through a loss to a bottom-dweller in our conference. That is the one consistent thing about Shaw’s recent teams - they play to the level of their competition, up or down. 

Here is the text I sent to a fellow alum at kickoff - “This is the kind of game Stanford should easily win if they don’t play down to washinton’s level.” 

Sadly, that is what we did. 

Personally, this game was the breaking point for me on Shaw. I hate to say it but I just don’t have any faith that things are going to turn around. I also have zero faith that he knows what he is doing in the final stages of a game in which we are ahead. 

On the other hand, I don’t know who would come in and improve upon the current state of affairs. But to see how far the program has fallen, both in terms of on-field success and fan support, is truly alarming. The status quo seems untenable.