[gailtate]

Pending more info (AKA the Whole Story) we'll be wading through rumor, conjecture and hunch. My guess is that EJ, at the behest of dad, is positioning himself for a transfer and avoiding any possibility of further injury. Smith family surely sees Stanford as a poor showcase for EJ's talents and, indeed, a place where those talents would lie fallow under the tutelage of Shaw's crew.

[gailtate]

Pending more info (AKA the Whole Story) we'll be wading through rumor, conjecture and hunch. My guess is that EJ, at the behest of dad, is positioning himself for a transfer and avoiding any possibility of further injury. Smith family surely sees Stanford as a poor showcase for EJ's talents and, indeed, a place where those talents would lie fallow under the tutelage of Shaw's crew.