[OutsiderFan]

Shaw is the Labrador who fetched anything, chased quail, jumped in the creek and then spent the last five years of life sitting by the wood stove in the winter and in the sun of the patio in the summer. Had to retrieve my morning newspaper myself. Exception is that Shaw has never been lovable.

You know, it's funny, Yvonne gave me unrelenting flak for suggesting David Shaw was Jeff Tedford 2.0 in the making several years ago. This post is pretty much the story of that truth. Of course, unlike Shaw, Tedford was lovable. Cal fans never accused him of being aloof, arrogant, or defensive. Just that he lost his edge. 

Ordinarily, I would listen to the interview and draw my own conclusions, but the comments here - even by people I wouldn't consider overly pessimistic - make clear the ship is sinking and the Captain believes the hole in the hull will fix itself with positive thinking. Why waste my time listening to that metaphor be painted by someone too naive to know he is the guy to which the metaphor refers?

[OutsiderFan]

Shaw is the Labrador who fetched anything, chased quail, jumped in the creek and then spent the last five years of life sitting by the wood stove in the winter and in the sun of the patio in the summer. Had to retrieve my morning newspaper myself. Exception is that Shaw has never been lovable.

You know, it's funny, Yvonne gave me unrelenting flak for suggesting David Shaw was Jeff Tedford 2.0 in the making several years ago. This post is pretty much the story of that truth. Of course, unlike Shaw, Tedford was lovable. Cal fans never accused him of being aloof, arrogant, or defensive. Just that he lost his edge. 

Ordinarily, I would listen to the interview and draw my own conclusions, but the comments here - even by people I wouldn't consider overly pessimistic - make clear the ship is sinking and the Captain believes the hole in the hull will fix itself with positive thinking. Why waste my time listening to that metaphor be painted by someone too naive to know he is the guy to which the metaphor refers?