[msqueri]

Fingers crossed for a full roster or close to it coming out of fall camp. Numerous decimating injuries have been a feature of Stanford football the last few years. Let's see if a new regime results in any difference in the number of injuries.

I am also curious to see who Taylor brings with him to Media Day a week from Friday. Any predictions? EJ Smith and David Bailey? Joshua Karty?

Stanford certainly has had a lot of injuries in recent years but it wasn't always out of fall camp. Last year Shaw treated the whole team with kid gloves and bubble wrap and we were remarkably healthy heading into the season....and then football became a contact sport. Indeed, let's see if a new regime results in any difference in the number of injuries. Taylor has claimed that he inherited a similar situation at Sacramento State and Deatrick had a plan/vision that worked wonders in substantially addressing it. We'll see if that history can repeat itself. I think there's a combination of luck, conditioning, and willingness to play through injury that affects these issues. I think Stanford under Shaw became unusually cautious (some would say wimpy.....I don't want to disparage our players but this is all relative and I don't think Stanford the last several years was very hard nosed).

Great question on who Taylor brings. I'd imagine two among Karty, Yurosek, Smith, Bailey, Rogers, Humphreys, and Phillips. I wouldn't be totally shocked at Sinclair or Gilman. I'd pick two of Karty, Yurosek, and Bailey as those are probably the awards candidates and it would be good to get the PR campaigns going, but there are other considerations like eloquence/representational ability, balance (strong incentives, if not requirement, to pick one offense and one defense), and seniority (e.g., does it send a good or bad message about meritocracy to send a guy who hasn't started his sophomore year like Bailey). I also don't know whether it's fully the school's decision or an invitation from the conference or a dialogue. Yurosek and Bailey is my guess.

[msqueri]

Fingers crossed for a full roster or close to it coming out of fall camp. Numerous decimating injuries have been a feature of Stanford football the last few years. Let's see if a new regime results in any difference in the number of injuries.

I am also curious to see who Taylor brings with him to Media Day a week from Friday. Any predictions? EJ Smith and David Bailey? Joshua Karty?

Stanford certainly has had a lot of injuries in recent years but it wasn't always out of fall camp. Last year Shaw treated the whole team with kid gloves and bubble wrap and we were remarkably healthy heading into the season....and then football became a contact sport. Indeed, let's see if a new regime results in any difference in the number of injuries. Taylor has claimed that he inherited a similar situation at Sacramento State and Deatrick had a plan/vision that worked wonders in substantially addressing it. We'll see if that history can repeat itself. I think there's a combination of luck, conditioning, and willingness to play through injury that affects these issues. I think Stanford under Shaw became unusually cautious (some would say wimpy.....I don't want to disparage our players but this is all relative and I don't think Stanford the last several years was very hard nosed).

Great question on who Taylor brings. I'd imagine two among Karty, Yurosek, Smith, Bailey, Rogers, Humphreys, and Phillips. I wouldn't be totally shocked at Sinclair or Gilman. I'd pick two of Karty, Yurosek, and Bailey as those are probably the awards candidates and it would be good to get the PR campaigns going, but there are other considerations like eloquence/representational ability, balance (strong incentives, if not requirement, to pick one offense and one defense), and seniority (e.g., does it send a good or bad message about meritocracy to send a guy who hasn't started his sophomore year like Bailey). I also don't know whether it's fully the school's decision or an invitation from the conference or a dialogue. Yurosek and Bailey is my guess.