08-25-2020, 04:41 PM
I, for one, am not close to giving up on David Shaw. I reject the notion that his success through 2017 is entirely due to Jim Harbaugh. That's not to say that I'm not concerned at the state of recruiting. He had low-ranked classes in 2013 and 2017, and he will likely have a low-ranked class in 2021. Shaw's strength and weakness is that he is not quick to make changes. But it's clear by his approach to 2022 that he is adapting to changes in the recruiting world, and I am happy to give him every chance to succeed before I doubt his coaching abilities.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)