lex: "I don’t care who the HC is. But I firmly believe (and did before JH and Shaw proved it) that Stanford can consistent recruit and win by focusing on and recruiting power more than with trying to recruit for speed."
one brobdingnagian reason for harbaugh's & shaw's success was that for a significant time period, we were getting enough players with both power and speed. or perhaps enough players with speed/quickness to catch up to oregon's speed/quickness. or perhaps it is more appropriate to say that turley developed the power with a strength & conditioning program that was ahead of its competition (at least, most of the competition). whatever the equation, we don't currently seem to have enough players with either or both attributes.
for those misremembering or not fully appreciating the elway years, the offense was very talented and was very rarely boring. the walsh/west coast offense run by dowhower, green & fassel was still innovative and adaptive (qb & receiver reading defense on any given pass play & changing/adjusting routes during play) to whatever the hell the defense threw at you. darrin nelson was a unique & game-breaking talent. there are always some aberrations but it was a relatively high scoring offense (except in '79).
shaw knows more about offensive philosophy & play calling in his little finger than just about anyone else on this board, as does pritchard. i agree with those who have recognized how much shaw has adapted to the talent he has from year to year; arguably, too much because i long for a return to running power down the trojans' and others' throats while still being able to air it out a-la-kevin hogan's proficiency throwing deep his first full year as starter.
but for whatever reason, we are not getting enough players with speed and our competitors have caught up with or passed us with their strength programs. a little decastro nastiness would help, too.
and, our offensive line coaching has been lousy for, what, 4 years now?
one brobdingnagian reason for harbaugh's & shaw's success was that for a significant time period, we were getting enough players with both power and speed. or perhaps enough players with speed/quickness to catch up to oregon's speed/quickness. or perhaps it is more appropriate to say that turley developed the power with a strength & conditioning program that was ahead of its competition (at least, most of the competition). whatever the equation, we don't currently seem to have enough players with either or both attributes.
for those misremembering or not fully appreciating the elway years, the offense was very talented and was very rarely boring. the walsh/west coast offense run by dowhower, green & fassel was still innovative and adaptive (qb & receiver reading defense on any given pass play & changing/adjusting routes during play) to whatever the hell the defense threw at you. darrin nelson was a unique & game-breaking talent. there are always some aberrations but it was a relatively high scoring offense (except in '79).
shaw knows more about offensive philosophy & play calling in his little finger than just about anyone else on this board, as does pritchard. i agree with those who have recognized how much shaw has adapted to the talent he has from year to year; arguably, too much because i long for a return to running power down the trojans' and others' throats while still being able to air it out a-la-kevin hogan's proficiency throwing deep his first full year as starter.
but for whatever reason, we are not getting enough players with speed and our competitors have caught up with or passed us with their strength programs. a little decastro nastiness would help, too.
and, our offensive line coaching has been lousy for, what, 4 years now?