Our thread is in full meltdown mode right now because our OC is leaving but at least we are in much better shape than USC and Stanford
Probably late for that seeing as it all unraveled under his watch. And it's not like ND 2016 that was preceded by a strong season. It's just been a steady decline.
Stanford is a program that plays old and takes small classes, idea being that you stay for 5 years and redshirt. Northwestern is another school that does this unfortunately for Stanford if the team doesn’t look good why stay? You already have a Stanford degree, do you want to stay a 5th year most likely far from home to play in front of empty stadium's for a 6-6 team? Stanford can’t take the talent drain it’s experiencing especially since they only take 20 man classes Shaw should bolt
Yeah those useless Masters degrees from Stanford aren't worth sticking around for. Shaw should've left before it got this bad. Take Mike Leach for example, he was trying to get out of Washington State before it got worse going back to the last time the Tennessee job was open.
“ Williams, a two-year starter, told 247Sports that this big run of transfer portal entrants was somewhat expected in Palo Alto. In fact, head coach David Shaw encouraged his players to explore their options knowing how hard it can be to get into graduate school. Williams labeled potential entry into some Stanford graduate programs as “nearly impossible.” He said Shaw left the door open for the team’s fifth-year seniors to return to school if they want. “He wants to make the best decisions for us,” Williams said. “He wants us to make the best decisions for ourselves. I appreciate him for it. He actually told me: ‘Visit anywhere you want. Do anything you want to do. Just make the best decision for you. If Stanford is the best decision for you then I know you’ll come.’”
Glad we're a top 5 public school yet still seem to lose a recruit to Stanford every year!!! I know we'll never be Stanford but at this point they're not the same program as 5+ years ago.
By claiming you're a top 5 public school are you trying to compare academics to Stanford? Their football team is a million times closer to Florida than Florida is to their academics.
https://www.wcjb.com/2021/09/13/university-florida-ranked-top-five-public-university/ More of a general frustration of losing a recruit a year to them because of Mullen. Well they admitted a scam artist who faked a deep voice to make herself seem super serious so who knows.
I can say with almost 100% certainty that David Shaw feels that the refs are the reason why he is out of a job