Stanford doesn't have a competent backup QB right now because Shaw decided not to offer a QB in the 2019 class until 2 months before signing day. If Ryan Hilinski were on the team right now, he'd be playing over West or Patu and none of us would be freaking out. Even though Hilinski hasn't been an all-conference type player for NW, he's competent.
The same problem, to a lesser extent, arose in the 2017 season. I say to a lesser extent because things wouldn't actually have been that much better if Shaw had offered and landed Wimbush early in the 2015 cycle, but it was still an unforced error to take zero QBs in the 2015 class.
The solution going forward isn't to recruit a whole bunch of QBs and hope some of them will be good. The mere act of taking two QBs in a class makes it more difficult to recruit top QBs (and more likely that Shaw will end up with two mediocre recruits). In the era of NIL money, that's even more true. And considering that Stanford's football team sucks right now, it'll be tough enough to recruit one good QB without a self-imposed handicap.
The solution is for Shaw to focus on the best QB he can get each year, and to take ONE QB EVERY SINGLE YEAR, without exception.
Responding to Boston Card, I'm not sure that Lonergan is pro-style. This article indicates that he can run the read option too: https://www.onlineathens.com/story/sport...094741001/.
Based on the article, the bigger issue is that he's a Top 20 baseball prospect and could easily choose to play baseball instead of football in college (or, in theory, just go pro immediately in baseball).
The same problem, to a lesser extent, arose in the 2017 season. I say to a lesser extent because things wouldn't actually have been that much better if Shaw had offered and landed Wimbush early in the 2015 cycle, but it was still an unforced error to take zero QBs in the 2015 class.
The solution going forward isn't to recruit a whole bunch of QBs and hope some of them will be good. The mere act of taking two QBs in a class makes it more difficult to recruit top QBs (and more likely that Shaw will end up with two mediocre recruits). In the era of NIL money, that's even more true. And considering that Stanford's football team sucks right now, it'll be tough enough to recruit one good QB without a self-imposed handicap.
The solution is for Shaw to focus on the best QB he can get each year, and to take ONE QB EVERY SINGLE YEAR, without exception.
Responding to Boston Card, I'm not sure that Lonergan is pro-style. This article indicates that he can run the read option too: https://www.onlineathens.com/story/sport...094741001/.
Based on the article, the bigger issue is that he's a Top 20 baseball prospect and could easily choose to play baseball instead of football in college (or, in theory, just go pro immediately in baseball).
When I registered here in 2014, TrumpCard seemed like an apolitical user ID...