[AlbanyCardinal]

Maybe b/c he's the highest-paid employee at one of the world's richest, most powerful universities in the world? I've never seen one of his press conferences -- couldn't imagine anything more boring, win or lose -- so I'm probably not the one to speak on this topic. But given how tepid interest is in college football in the Bay Area, and how mild the press corps is here relative to many parts of this country, I don't fault anyone for holding Shaw to a higher, more accountable, more urgent standard.

“Not long ago” was last year.

I don’t know why you guys get worked up about what Shaw says at press conferences.  I think maybe you want to extract some satisfaction at Shaw prostrating himself or something, but there is very little Shaw can say.  If he tries to find silver linings, complaints line up that he is lying. Conversely, if he says anything negative, even if it is along the lines of “we struggled on defense” people will complain that he is throwing the players under the bus.

I’ve long said that Shaw’s goals at a press conference are to get out of there as quickly as possible, saying as little as possible. Obsessive can sometimes get a nugget or two of the coaching staff’s thinking, but more often than not, his comments are carefully couched coach-speak mostly designed to box check an activity that he clearly doesn’t enjoy (even, in many cases, after wins).

BC

[AlbanyCardinal]

Maybe b/c he's the highest-paid employee at one of the world's richest, most powerful universities in the world? I've never seen one of his press conferences -- couldn't imagine anything more boring, win or lose -- so I'm probably not the one to speak on this topic. But given how tepid interest is in college football in the Bay Area, and how mild the press corps is here relative to many parts of this country, I don't fault anyone for holding Shaw to a higher, more accountable, more urgent standard.

“Not long ago” was last year.

I don’t know why you guys get worked up about what Shaw says at press conferences.  I think maybe you want to extract some satisfaction at Shaw prostrating himself or something, but there is very little Shaw can say.  If he tries to find silver linings, complaints line up that he is lying. Conversely, if he says anything negative, even if it is along the lines of “we struggled on defense” people will complain that he is throwing the players under the bus.

I’ve long said that Shaw’s goals at a press conference are to get out of there as quickly as possible, saying as little as possible. Obsessive can sometimes get a nugget or two of the coaching staff’s thinking, but more often than not, his comments are carefully couched coach-speak mostly designed to box check an activity that he clearly doesn’t enjoy (even, in many cases, after wins).

BC