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Stanford should take a page from the Celtics playbook. Fire Muir and "promote" Shaw.  It's worked out for the Celtics and I bet it would work for Stanford.

That's kind of brilliant. Shaw gets to stay on campus, is an excellent representative of the University, and we can avoid an uncomfortable coaching displacement.  I think the only flaw is Shaw would be presumably taking a huuuuuuuuuge paycut.

He'll take a much bigger pay cut when he is no longer a Head Coach. But seriously, if Shaw can't fire assistant coaches, how the hell is he gonna fire head coaches?

Had he departed Stanford when he was on top, I'm sure he could have slid right into a plum job on ESPN or Fox, but that ship sailed years ago. He might be attractive for the P12 Network today but it's becoming very awkward. He best years are behind him and growing more distant every year.  Another coach who was "great" until he wasn't.  Here's what's really depressing: He and Muir (and Haase) could remain at Stanford for many years to come. Let that sink in.

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Stanford should take a page from the Celtics playbook. Fire Muir and "promote" Shaw.  It's worked out for the Celtics and I bet it would work for Stanford.

That's kind of brilliant. Shaw gets to stay on campus, is an excellent representative of the University, and we can avoid an uncomfortable coaching displacement.  I think the only flaw is Shaw would be presumably taking a huuuuuuuuuge paycut.

He'll take a much bigger pay cut when he is no longer a Head Coach. But seriously, if Shaw can't fire assistant coaches, how the hell is he gonna fire head coaches?

Had he departed Stanford when he was on top, I'm sure he could have slid right into a plum job on ESPN or Fox, but that ship sailed years ago. He might be attractive for the P12 Network today but it's becoming very awkward. He best years are behind him and growing more distant every year.  Another coach who was "great" until he wasn't.  Here's what's really depressing: He and Muir (and Haase) could remain at Stanford for many years to come. Let that sink in.