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Next year, I’d like to see us improve on this year.  Even if not reflected in the number of wins (though I think we ought to be able to win four games, since we trade BYU for Hawaii and Utah for Arizona). But I think we should be able to see progress in fundamentals regardless of number of wins: fewer missed tackles, better blocking, fewer blown coverages, more exciting play calling.  Given how bad the consensus about Shaw was, it shouldn’t be that much of a bar to see some signs of improvement.

What I don’t want is for Taylor to be like Haase, where we scrape along mediocrity and before we know it, it has been six years and we still haven’t gone to an NCAA tournament.

Well, I'd define step one of improvement is that the team doesn't appear to quit mid-season. 
Granted, that particular bit wasn't as bad in 2022 as 2021, but the effort/resilience was bad. 

But I don't think Taylor is going to get us to the NCAA tournament in his first six years. 

[Most of Stanford's football history has been pretty mediocre; hanging around the top 25 in good years and far away in bad. Given the direction that Div. 1 football is moving, I'd say Taylor has a difficult task getting Stanford to be much better than mediocre - far more likely than not he'll fail fan expectations.]

[CTcard]

Next year, I’d like to see us improve on this year.  Even if not reflected in the number of wins (though I think we ought to be able to win four games, since we trade BYU for Hawaii and Utah for Arizona). But I think we should be able to see progress in fundamentals regardless of number of wins: fewer missed tackles, better blocking, fewer blown coverages, more exciting play calling.  Given how bad the consensus about Shaw was, it shouldn’t be that much of a bar to see some signs of improvement.

What I don’t want is for Taylor to be like Haase, where we scrape along mediocrity and before we know it, it has been six years and we still haven’t gone to an NCAA tournament.

Well, I'd define step one of improvement is that the team doesn't appear to quit mid-season. 
Granted, that particular bit wasn't as bad in 2022 as 2021, but the effort/resilience was bad. 

But I don't think Taylor is going to get us to the NCAA tournament in his first six years. 

[Most of Stanford's football history has been pretty mediocre; hanging around the top 25 in good years and far away in bad. Given the direction that Div. 1 football is moving, I'd say Taylor has a difficult task getting Stanford to be much better than mediocre - far more likely than not he'll fail fan expectations.]