[teejers1]

I am not excluding the possibility, but I see very little likelihood that there is a full-scale turnaround in the offing.  The decline has been in the making for too long; and cold, hard stats show that we are getting close to a Harris-esque nadir.  Harbaugh needed four years from that point (three years to get back to respectability and a bowl game).  The question is: who is going to engineer the turnaround this time?  Shaw?  May it be so, but I don't see the plan nor the activity that would lead to that outcome.  In fact, he hasn't even admitted there's a problem.  Just poor execution and not taking advantage of opportunities.  As the old saying goes, the first step toward fixing a problem is admitting that there is one.

I believe the cold, hard stats show that Stanford now is below the Harris "nadir."  Stanford had never been as outclassed on the gridiron as they were against Utah (a 52-7 beatdown, even more lopsided in game stats).  That is, until Big Game (a 41-11 beat down with even more lopsided stats).  And Cal isn't even that good a team (though I think they're stronger than many here evidently do).  

It truly is mind-boggling how comprehensively Shaw has steered the program to collapse.

[teejers1]

I am not excluding the possibility, but I see very little likelihood that there is a full-scale turnaround in the offing.  The decline has been in the making for too long; and cold, hard stats show that we are getting close to a Harris-esque nadir.  Harbaugh needed four years from that point (three years to get back to respectability and a bowl game).  The question is: who is going to engineer the turnaround this time?  Shaw?  May it be so, but I don't see the plan nor the activity that would lead to that outcome.  In fact, he hasn't even admitted there's a problem.  Just poor execution and not taking advantage of opportunities.  As the old saying goes, the first step toward fixing a problem is admitting that there is one.

I believe the cold, hard stats show that Stanford now is below the Harris "nadir."  Stanford had never been as outclassed on the gridiron as they were against Utah (a 52-7 beatdown, even more lopsided in game stats).  That is, until Big Game (a 41-11 beat down with even more lopsided stats).  And Cal isn't even that good a team (though I think they're stronger than many here evidently do).  

It truly is mind-boggling how comprehensively Shaw has steered the program to collapse.