[winflop]

However, if Muir is heading up the search for Shaw's successor, I remain worried.  I hope Muir gets lots of sound help and advice in vetting all possible candidates. 

I'm an optimist, so I'm going to focus on the fact that Muir has made some good hires -- Greg Meehan, John Hambly, David Esquer, Jessica Allister. . . .

Outside of FB & MBB Muir has made a lot of great hires - and he's also kept many previous great hires on board too. But he's not going to get a second chance at this hire (unlike softball for example). I still think he shouldn't get a first chance, but that's a different conversation.

I think we will learn a lot from who is on the search committee. There need to be some voices from outside the Stanford bubble who are going to push the thinking.

[winflop]

However, if Muir is heading up the search for Shaw's successor, I remain worried.  I hope Muir gets lots of sound help and advice in vetting all possible candidates. 

I'm an optimist, so I'm going to focus on the fact that Muir has made some good hires -- Greg Meehan, John Hambly, David Esquer, Jessica Allister. . . .

Outside of FB & MBB Muir has made a lot of great hires - and he's also kept many previous great hires on board too. But he's not going to get a second chance at this hire (unlike softball for example). I still think he shouldn't get a first chance, but that's a different conversation.

I think we will learn a lot from who is on the search committee. There need to be some voices from outside the Stanford bubble who are going to push the thinking.