[Goose]

I don't understand everyone asserting Pritchard needs to move on from Stanford to grow. Do y'all appreciate just how different the Stanford offense is going to be under Taylor than Shaw? It's the equivalent of going to work for Mike Leach. What difference does it make if he can have such a different experience without having to leave Stanford?

The employer may be the same, but there are going to be so many differences the change from Shaw. Who knows, Taylor - and this is my sense - may be a lot more willing to let Pritchard have input and autonomy than Shaw gave, while being able to learn a totally different offensive philosophy than he has been steeped in to this point. Maybe Taylor welcomes keeping some previous Stanford offense concepts in the repertoire?

Pritchard gets to expand his career knowledge and doesn't have to move himself and family. For all we know his wife has a sick parent she doesn't want to move away from at the moment.

You might note that in a previous post I said Pritchard didn't leave for a new job, the new job came to him :-). I think this could indeed be a good opportunity for him. Even if it doesn't work out in the end and he has to move on, he will get a shot at a different program with different challenges. I am also pretty sure he realizes that it isn't guaranteed he will be retained indefinitely and it would be appropriate to continuously evaluate his options. Under Shaw, that almost assuredly was not the case.

[Goose]

I don't understand everyone asserting Pritchard needs to move on from Stanford to grow. Do y'all appreciate just how different the Stanford offense is going to be under Taylor than Shaw? It's the equivalent of going to work for Mike Leach. What difference does it make if he can have such a different experience without having to leave Stanford?

The employer may be the same, but there are going to be so many differences the change from Shaw. Who knows, Taylor - and this is my sense - may be a lot more willing to let Pritchard have input and autonomy than Shaw gave, while being able to learn a totally different offensive philosophy than he has been steeped in to this point. Maybe Taylor welcomes keeping some previous Stanford offense concepts in the repertoire?

Pritchard gets to expand his career knowledge and doesn't have to move himself and family. For all we know his wife has a sick parent she doesn't want to move away from at the moment.

You might note that in a previous post I said Pritchard didn't leave for a new job, the new job came to him :-). I think this could indeed be a good opportunity for him. Even if it doesn't work out in the end and he has to move on, he will get a shot at a different program with different challenges. I am also pretty sure he realizes that it isn't guaranteed he will be retained indefinitely and it would be appropriate to continuously evaluate his options. Under Shaw, that almost assuredly was not the case.