11-06-2022, 04:29 PM
(11-06-2022, 03:33 PM)msqueri Wrote: It happens roughly every 20 years at Stanford. I am going to be so sad and so mad if Stanford decides to step back from competing in major college football. Those who don't follow college football in a thoughtful way don't realize how, even in the current landscape, Stanford would have a very high chance of relevance by the second half of this decade if we committed to a rebuild. Maybe there's only a coin flip's chance Shaw's successor works out, given inherent uncertainty of coaching hires and what he'd be inheriting, but the odds a program with Stanford's advantages/disadvantages getting 7-8+ win seasons with either this hire or the one after it is high. What those paying a modicum of attention realize is that the odds of it while continuing to do what we're doing are vanishing.
The last time Stanford football was flushed by coaches Teevens and Harris, it took an NFL Super Bowl-level coach to drag them out of the doldrums, and even with that advantage, it took Harbaugh four years until he found Lord Vader (Vic Fangio), and Stanford ascended to #4.
What are the odds we can do that again?
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