Comments on: Scratch David Shaw off the potential NFL coaching list

By: titansbro

titansbro — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:25:42 +0000

Not sure why the Titans were tagged in this or any other team for that matter. This guy hasn’t been linked to any NFL jobs, especially ones that aren’t even open yet.

By: mooser80

mooser80 — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:56:32 +0000

Dennis Erickson.

By: mooser80

mooser80 — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:54:29 +0000

Steve Spurrier.

By: mooser80

mooser80 — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:53:01 +0000

Nick Saban.

By: realfootballfan

realfootballfan — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:05:58 +0000

Stanford seems to be one of the few places from which college coaches transition well. I expect Shaw to be in the NFL eventually because he’s an NFL coach’s son, but no need to rush yet.

He’s sitting on top of the world, he’s young, and once you jump, you really can’t go back the other way in reality.

It works in college basketball, but coming back to college football for a failed pro coach has little precedent unless it was a quick decision (Lou Holtz, Gene Stallings, etc).

By: makimaguro

makimaguro — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:19:39 +0000

Since when has an extension stopped any of these guys from leaving (see Gary Andersen) or from getting fired. Goes both ways.

Great coach nonetheless.

By: doresb21

doresb21 — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:08:29 +0000

As a Stanford fan, I’ll be the first to say Shaw is a tad bit overrated. He had Luck to run his offense last year in his first year as HC, and has a great defense this year thanks to Harbaugh’s recruiting.

Quite a few poor decisions have been made in his two years (end of the Fiesta Bowl, starting Nunes over Nottingham/Hogan for the first 8 games this year).

With that being said, I’m sure it takes a couple years to adjust to being a head coach and hope he continues his success on the farm for many years.

#RollCard

By: chi01town

chi01town — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:44:39 +0000

Shaw wasnt on my radar to replace
Lovie but he should have been. But truthfully I didnt think he would leave Stanford.

By: tanzim12

tanzim12 — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:42:15 +0000

If the Bears don’t make the playoffs and Lovie Smith gets fired , I think they should look at Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald. He’s a very underrated coach. Any thoughts?

By: tonyugoh

tonyugoh — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:36:21 +0000

He’s a Stanford alum, so I don’t think he would be using this job as a stepping stone towards an NFL job just yet. He has a really good young qb in Kevin Hogan too, so maybe he would like to develop him like Harbaugh did with Luck before leaving.

By: mrgroovesd

mrgroovesd — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:29:10 +0000

Damn! He was one of the coaches I was hoping the Bolts would pick up if they had the chance.

By: fuglyflorio

fuglyflorio — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:20:41 +0000

Who cares?