[Row80Critic]

For the most part I thought his comments were reasonable and fairly accurate.  What do you expect him to say?   These guys that play for me are a bunch of losers and really stunk up the field?

[Rant On/]  Personally, I'd want him to express a higher level of concern that the program he leads has gone 9-11 over its last 20 games.  I'd want him to talk about getting a much more experienced and creative offensive coordinator. I'd want him to question if his system is too complicated to get the most out of talented young players (it is).  I'd want him to acknowledge what we all saw -- that Tanner should have started the game judged by both the eye test and statistics.  Every play works every time if everyone 'executes' perfectly.  And sure, that works to some extend when you have Andrew Luck, or Christian McCaffery, or Bryce Love -- but Stanford doesn't have those guys, so blaming things on poor execution is just exhausting.   Sure, guys missed blocks, missed coverage, missed throws, etc., etc. -- all things to work on in practice, no question.  But it's college football, so that will always be part of the deal.  Shaw's a smart guy.  He needs to stop convincing himself that everything is fine the way it is. Great coaches adapt and evolve. They put the untested freshman QB's in the National Championship Game when the senior isn't working.  They overhaul the assistant coach staff.  Shaw needs to wake up and smell the coffee or he'll be an ESPN commentator before much longer.  [/Rant off]

[Row80Critic]

For the most part I thought his comments were reasonable and fairly accurate.  What do you expect him to say?   These guys that play for me are a bunch of losers and really stunk up the field?

[Rant On/]  Personally, I'd want him to express a higher level of concern that the program he leads has gone 9-11 over its last 20 games.  I'd want him to talk about getting a much more experienced and creative offensive coordinator. I'd want him to question if his system is too complicated to get the most out of talented young players (it is).  I'd want him to acknowledge what we all saw -- that Tanner should have started the game judged by both the eye test and statistics.  Every play works every time if everyone 'executes' perfectly.  And sure, that works to some extend when you have Andrew Luck, or Christian McCaffery, or Bryce Love -- but Stanford doesn't have those guys, so blaming things on poor execution is just exhausting.   Sure, guys missed blocks, missed coverage, missed throws, etc., etc. -- all things to work on in practice, no question.  But it's college football, so that will always be part of the deal.  Shaw's a smart guy.  He needs to stop convincing himself that everything is fine the way it is. Great coaches adapt and evolve. They put the untested freshman QB's in the National Championship Game when the senior isn't working.  They overhaul the assistant coach staff.  Shaw needs to wake up and smell the coffee or he'll be an ESPN commentator before much longer.  [/Rant off]