[OutsiderFan]

Everyone in baseball says "firing the manager isn't going to help." Well, yes, and no.  If the team is performing poorly because it lacks talent, a change might not help. But you fire non-performers in part to let everyone else in an organization know lousy performance will not be tolerated.

In Stanford Football's case, the coordinators needed to be fired last year if only to let the players know coaches are held accountable when they perform at an unacceptable level. Muir needed to drive this point home to Shaw and demand it happen. The fact nobody was fired demonstrated three levels of Stanford's Football program with no accountability for performance:

1. The AD
2. The Head Coach
3. The coaching staff

What, exactly are the players suppose to think about that? They sure don't see anyone being held accountable for failure. Why should they be, when failure is accepted? The irony is if the players see their grades slip in their Senior year of High School, they can have their scholarship offer yanked, or or flunk out of school once on campus if they don't perform there. No such consequences for the guys coaching the players apparently, so the players  can themselves accept losing or poor performance.

The great thing about College Football is the Head Coach is responsible for everything, from who is recruited, to how they are developed, and deployed.  There is no mystery who is responsible for the failures of a College Football team.

[OutsiderFan]

Everyone in baseball says "firing the manager isn't going to help." Well, yes, and no.  If the team is performing poorly because it lacks talent, a change might not help. But you fire non-performers in part to let everyone else in an organization know lousy performance will not be tolerated.

In Stanford Football's case, the coordinators needed to be fired last year if only to let the players know coaches are held accountable when they perform at an unacceptable level. Muir needed to drive this point home to Shaw and demand it happen. The fact nobody was fired demonstrated three levels of Stanford's Football program with no accountability for performance:

1. The AD
2. The Head Coach
3. The coaching staff

What, exactly are the players suppose to think about that? They sure don't see anyone being held accountable for failure. Why should they be, when failure is accepted? The irony is if the players see their grades slip in their Senior year of High School, they can have their scholarship offer yanked, or or flunk out of school once on campus if they don't perform there. No such consequences for the guys coaching the players apparently, so the players  can themselves accept losing or poor performance.

The great thing about College Football is the Head Coach is responsible for everything, from who is recruited, to how they are developed, and deployed.  There is no mystery who is responsible for the failures of a College Football team.