[Maple Leaf]

I am not of the opinion that "cleaning house" necessarily helps anything. It may, but only if you have identified what the problems are and also identified guys who you think can address them. Getting a bunch of new names that have no better clue than the last guys did just buys the coach some time because it injects uncertainty regarding who is actually responsible. See Mora at UCLA and Helton at USC. New guys, new systems, new emphasis, same (or worse) results. This team has lots of problems. What is needed are solutions. Shaw needs solutions. He need not tell us what these solutions are, but if they don't take effect, whatever they are, he will have to go. I expect he is fully aware of that.

OK to be specific:
Anderson
Reynolds
Akina
Pritchard
Turner
Kennedy
Gould

Everyone other than Alamar who isn't in their first year goes.

OK, I could be down with that. Specifically who replaces each one and what does that person bring (other than not already being on staff) that will "fix" our deficiencies? Addition by subtraction can work, but probably not at this scale. You will need to replace these guys.

Maybe I'm reading too much into your comments but you make it sound as if there aren't dozens of hungry up-and-comers who would inject much needed innovation and recruiting juice. I don't think replacing the entire staff is prudent, and I also don't know to what extent Stanford is willing to spend money on this, but here are some names with interesting profiles that on the surface would be possible to entice here, as opposed to longshots. I'm sure people in the know or those with more time to research could come up with a better and more extensive list.

T.J. Rushing (A&M DB coach) - former Stanford DB has built a strong unit and turned down a lateral move to Alabama. Ready to be a DC.
Scott Huff (UW OL coach) - could be out of a job soon, former OC under Petersen at BSU.
Paul Gonzales (TCU safeties coach) - on a very good run, UC Davis graduate, status uncertain given coaching change.
Keary Colbert (USC receivers coach) - has coached numerous college receiver studs and high draft picks, status uncertain given coaching change.
Lance Taylor (ND RB coach) - former Stanford coach, ready to be an OC.
Ryan Grubb (Fresno OC and QB coach) - Tedford protege who has run very successful offenses, background as OL and strength coach.
Will Harris (UW DB coach) - former player at USC and coach at San Jose State, status uncertain given coaching change.
Jamar Cain (Oklahoma OLB/DE coach) - former ASU and Fresno DL coach, tremendous recruiter.
Keenan Bailey (Ohio State quality control assistant) - works with QBs and WRs, former Notre Dame recruiting analyst.

Very interesting list of coaches with west coast ties.

[Maple Leaf]

I am not of the opinion that "cleaning house" necessarily helps anything. It may, but only if you have identified what the problems are and also identified guys who you think can address them. Getting a bunch of new names that have no better clue than the last guys did just buys the coach some time because it injects uncertainty regarding who is actually responsible. See Mora at UCLA and Helton at USC. New guys, new systems, new emphasis, same (or worse) results. This team has lots of problems. What is needed are solutions. Shaw needs solutions. He need not tell us what these solutions are, but if they don't take effect, whatever they are, he will have to go. I expect he is fully aware of that.

OK to be specific:
Anderson
Reynolds
Akina
Pritchard
Turner
Kennedy
Gould

Everyone other than Alamar who isn't in their first year goes.

OK, I could be down with that. Specifically who replaces each one and what does that person bring (other than not already being on staff) that will "fix" our deficiencies? Addition by subtraction can work, but probably not at this scale. You will need to replace these guys.

Maybe I'm reading too much into your comments but you make it sound as if there aren't dozens of hungry up-and-comers who would inject much needed innovation and recruiting juice. I don't think replacing the entire staff is prudent, and I also don't know to what extent Stanford is willing to spend money on this, but here are some names with interesting profiles that on the surface would be possible to entice here, as opposed to longshots. I'm sure people in the know or those with more time to research could come up with a better and more extensive list.

T.J. Rushing (A&M DB coach) - former Stanford DB has built a strong unit and turned down a lateral move to Alabama. Ready to be a DC.
Scott Huff (UW OL coach) - could be out of a job soon, former OC under Petersen at BSU.
Paul Gonzales (TCU safeties coach) - on a very good run, UC Davis graduate, status uncertain given coaching change.
Keary Colbert (USC receivers coach) - has coached numerous college receiver studs and high draft picks, status uncertain given coaching change.
Lance Taylor (ND RB coach) - former Stanford coach, ready to be an OC.
Ryan Grubb (Fresno OC and QB coach) - Tedford protege who has run very successful offenses, background as OL and strength coach.
Will Harris (UW DB coach) - former player at USC and coach at San Jose State, status uncertain given coaching change.
Jamar Cain (Oklahoma OLB/DE coach) - former ASU and Fresno DL coach, tremendous recruiter.
Keenan Bailey (Ohio State quality control assistant) - works with QBs and WRs, former Notre Dame recruiting analyst.

Very interesting list of coaches with west coast ties.