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https://x.com/elicayomanor/status/1870140118251778109

I'm starting to think we'll be lucky to go 3-9 next year.
Somebody please convince me I'm being too pessimistic.

Daniels will not be our QB.

We are bringing in 2 veteran transfer CBs and will not have freshmen and walk-ons playing there out of necessity, which by itself lost us the final 2 games of the season.

We are bringing in at least 2 transfer OL.

Daniels will not be our QB.

We are bringing in at least 1 transfer WR, maybe 2. It was known Elic would declare.

There has been zero front 7 attrition outside of eligibility expiry.

Daniels will not be our QB.

Couldn't disagree more on Daniels. I think he has a lot of arm and leg talent but was hindered mostly by a very weak supporting cast. I actually wish Brown had entered the portal and Daniels had stayed.

He's the most athletic QB that Stanford has had since Hogan. And I don't think I've ever seen a SU QB who was tasked to do more, but who had less to work with. 

There was essentially no running game, a QB's best friend. In fact, Daniels WAS the running game. The OL was horrible all season, and the WRs had a hard time separating from DBs, though Mosely made big strides later in the season. But as a unit they sucked. I used to laugh whenever I saw Stanford go 4-wide. It gave them no tactical advantage, and they were EASY to defend. 

Brown? Limited pocket mobility and zero threat to put pressure on a defense by running. Arm strength? So-so, not as strong as Daniels'. I don't think Brown would have survived the season if Taylor had continued to play him. He would have been eaten alive. 

I agree, 3 wins is max. I think it's going to be ugly. And Taylor is NOT the man for the job. I was against the hire from day one.

Thanks for the rare, brutally candid appraisal of the flailing, sad-sack status of Stanford football, a laughable shadow of the short-and-sweet Harbaugh/Bowlsby era. The university has only itself to blame for the Portal-NIL shambles it's in. Fitting. And entirely avoidable.  Whenever I need a good (albeit cynical) belly laugh, I read the cheerleaders on his site. You know who you are. They're almost  as entertaining as the know-it-all pontificators and apologists. FOOTBALL IS DEAD. Deal with it.

[gailtate]

https://x.com/elicayomanor/status/1870140118251778109

I'm starting to think we'll be lucky to go 3-9 next year.
Somebody please convince me I'm being too pessimistic.

Daniels will not be our QB.

We are bringing in 2 veteran transfer CBs and will not have freshmen and walk-ons playing there out of necessity, which by itself lost us the final 2 games of the season.

We are bringing in at least 2 transfer OL.

Daniels will not be our QB.

We are bringing in at least 1 transfer WR, maybe 2. It was known Elic would declare.

There has been zero front 7 attrition outside of eligibility expiry.

Daniels will not be our QB.

Couldn't disagree more on Daniels. I think he has a lot of arm and leg talent but was hindered mostly by a very weak supporting cast. I actually wish Brown had entered the portal and Daniels had stayed.

He's the most athletic QB that Stanford has had since Hogan. And I don't think I've ever seen a SU QB who was tasked to do more, but who had less to work with. 

There was essentially no running game, a QB's best friend. In fact, Daniels WAS the running game. The OL was horrible all season, and the WRs had a hard time separating from DBs, though Mosely made big strides later in the season. But as a unit they sucked. I used to laugh whenever I saw Stanford go 4-wide. It gave them no tactical advantage, and they were EASY to defend. 

Brown? Limited pocket mobility and zero threat to put pressure on a defense by running. Arm strength? So-so, not as strong as Daniels'. I don't think Brown would have survived the season if Taylor had continued to play him. He would have been eaten alive. 

I agree, 3 wins is max. I think it's going to be ugly. And Taylor is NOT the man for the job. I was against the hire from day one.

Thanks for the rare, brutally candid appraisal of the flailing, sad-sack status of Stanford football, a laughable shadow of the short-and-sweet Harbaugh/Bowlsby era. The university has only itself to blame for the Portal-NIL shambles it's in. Fitting. And entirely avoidable.  Whenever I need a good (albeit cynical) belly laugh, I read the cheerleaders on his site. You know who you are. They're almost  as entertaining as the know-it-all pontificators and apologists. FOOTBALL IS DEAD. Deal with it.