Former Stanford coach David Shaw.
One of these days, someone is going to have to sit down and explain to Joe in detail what the appeal of David Shaw is.
David Shaw succeeded Jim Harbaugh at Stanford to begin the last decade and had some decent years in the soft PAC-12 conference in the post-Pete Carroll vacuum. It helped that Shaw had quarterback Andrew Luck and some running back named Christian McCaffrey.
After those two guys left, Stanford went downhill fairly fast. Starting in 2019, Stanford, under Shaw, slipped. Basically, he was a West Coast version of Mike Norvell — some good years when he had the quarterback and players around him and stunk out loud when he didn’t.
But man, the way the national pen and mic club swooned over Shaw, you’d think the guy was the next Nick Saban. Every time NFL Network had to have a college football voice for some reason, it turned to Shaw.
NFL Network draft coverage? There was Shaw at the anchor desk. Why?
Of all the coaches to choose from, why him? Because he recruited America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston?
And it seemed every NFL opening, if the reports had to include a college coach for the favorites list, almost always it included Shaw.
Joe never understood why Shaw deserved all this run.
And here we go again, albeit locally. The Bucs announced Saturday they interviewed Shaw for the opening at offensive coordinator.
Man, this Shaw must have a helluva agent or his agent must be tight with a ton of influential people. Also, the Bucs interviewed (try not to laugh) Arizona Cardinals quarterback coach Israel Woolfork for the same position.
If you or anyone you know has the goods on why Shaw gets so much run for having a mediocre, up-and-down career, feel free to fill Joe in.