[Austroturf]

Yes, this article excellently outlines the true challenges facing Stanford going forward.  Over the past few years, we have attributed Stanford's waning fortunes to:

1) a decline in the coaching staff (particularly the coordinators);
2) inadequate recruiting;
3) the drop-off in strength & conditioning;
4) the lapsing of Harbaugh's vaunted "EUTM" culture;
5) Shaw's stubbornness and inability to change;
6) the complicated playbook;
7) etc.  

Successfully addressing these issues would be mere band-aids if Stanford cannot find a way to navigate college football's new world order.  Not even Shaw's salary matters.  Pay him 2 million, pay a new coach 20 million.  It won't matter.

[Austroturf]

Yes, this article excellently outlines the true challenges facing Stanford going forward.  Over the past few years, we have attributed Stanford's waning fortunes to:

1) a decline in the coaching staff (particularly the coordinators);
2) inadequate recruiting;
3) the drop-off in strength & conditioning;
4) the lapsing of Harbaugh's vaunted "EUTM" culture;
5) Shaw's stubbornness and inability to change;
6) the complicated playbook;
7) etc.  

Successfully addressing these issues would be mere band-aids if Stanford cannot find a way to navigate college football's new world order.  Not even Shaw's salary matters.  Pay him 2 million, pay a new coach 20 million.  It won't matter.