10-25-2022, 06:38 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-25-2022, 06:41 PM by CardinalSagehen.)
(10-25-2022, 05:37 PM)needle Wrote: Either Harris couldn't play (due to lack of ability or injury), or coaches wouldn't play him (discipline or finding him severely lacking in ball security...or something).
I think it's OK for Shaw to be silent on this one.
I saw another likelier possibility that our coaches did want him to play. They might have asked him to be ready to play for the rest of the season, at least as a backup or a third option. Presumably, he was already unhappy at Stanford and planning to transfer out, so he didn't want to burn his shirt. This seems to me like a better explanation of the timing of his announcement, specifically right now when he was called upon to be ready.
Maybe it's just a matter of degrees - he thought he was worthy of starting, and the coaches saw him as a backup for now.
In any case, it's perfectly fine for Shaw to be silent. You can judge for yourself whether his response indicated a slight bit of annoyance: https://youtu.be/A7csuvMGhO8?t=262
"Arlen's not on the football team, so I don't have any comment about that."