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I think it's notable that arguably the two most damaging outbound transfers in Stanford's history unless I'm forgetting something were both this off-season - Jones and Reid.

I would certainly agree these were very notable transfers. Damaging is TBD. As I understand it Jones was sort of told that he wasn't going to be starting next year and that the team was going a different way running back wise. Whether such a change is a good idea remains to be seen, but IMHO leaving under those conditions is totally understandable. It appears that USC expects to use Jones as a third down back who is primarily a pass receiver.

Reid is a grad and we have talked about his reasons to leave before. While we really wanted him back, I can certainly see why leaving made overwhelming sense to him. IMHO he is a bigger loss than Jones.

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I think it's notable that arguably the two most damaging outbound transfers in Stanford's history unless I'm forgetting something were both this off-season - Jones and Reid.

I would certainly agree these were very notable transfers. Damaging is TBD. As I understand it Jones was sort of told that he wasn't going to be starting next year and that the team was going a different way running back wise. Whether such a change is a good idea remains to be seen, but IMHO leaving under those conditions is totally understandable. It appears that USC expects to use Jones as a third down back who is primarily a pass receiver.

Reid is a grad and we have talked about his reasons to leave before. While we really wanted him back, I can certainly see why leaving made overwhelming sense to him. IMHO he is a bigger loss than Jones.