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While the circumstances were somewhat different when Harbaugh came to Stanford, it is worth noting that in his first year, we went from 1-11 to 4-8, then 5-7, then 8-5, and then 12-1.

I think it is fair to point out that Shaw did not, as a rule, under-recruit; his recruits underperformed.  Our much maligned current class (2023) ranks 8th in the Pac-12, and that is by far the worst of the recent classes.  The 2022 class (next year's sophomores) ranked 2nd in the Pac-12, the 2021 class (juniors next year) was 7th, the 2020 class (seniors) was ranked third, and the 2019 (or what's left of them) was also ranked 3rd.  Even if you penalize the classes for attrition without the possibility of meaningful accretion, it is hard to believe that the building blocks would add up to a dead last in the conference outcome.

BC

[BostonCard]

While the circumstances were somewhat different when Harbaugh came to Stanford, it is worth noting that in his first year, we went from 1-11 to 4-8, then 5-7, then 8-5, and then 12-1.

I think it is fair to point out that Shaw did not, as a rule, under-recruit; his recruits underperformed.  Our much maligned current class (2023) ranks 8th in the Pac-12, and that is by far the worst of the recent classes.  The 2022 class (next year's sophomores) ranked 2nd in the Pac-12, the 2021 class (juniors next year) was 7th, the 2020 class (seniors) was ranked third, and the 2019 (or what's left of them) was also ranked 3rd.  Even if you penalize the classes for attrition without the possibility of meaningful accretion, it is hard to believe that the building blocks would add up to a dead last in the conference outcome.

BC