"I prayed about it, I thought about it," Shaw said. "With every hour it seemed, it was more cemented in my head. The phrase that kept coming to me is: 'It's time.'"
Shaw, who is now 50 years old, believed it's time for a change.
"I am not burnt out," he said. "I'm healthy; I feel good. But 16 years is a long time . . . 16 years of running a program, 16 years of being responsible for everything and everybody catches up to you." See the story here: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nc...A14BDVj?cvid=879ce0dba1f148f0bda6b0e6d8c70b2d
Meanwhile, back in Iowa City, old man Ferentz and his boy wonder keep churning on despite KF's 23 years as master of the Hawkeye universe. "What? Me retire and close down the family business? Ha!"
Theo Epstein, an imperfect human, ended long-time failures in Boston for the Red Sox and in Chicago for the Cubs. He has often said that ten years in one place is long enough. But KF knows that if ten is good thirty is quite a bit better.
It's past time for KF and his clan to bid a fond farewell to the Hawkeyes and take his millions and his fan club, led by AD Gary Barta, into retirement. With KF and Barta out of the picture, Iowa would at least have a chance to do what needs to be done to try and compete with USC, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and the rest of the new Big Ten and national landscape.
David Shaw looked at the facts and did the right thing for him personally and for the Stanford football program. But KF, the guy who once said he would never be one of those coaches that hangs on too long, continues to hang on too long.
Shaw, who is now 50 years old, believed it's time for a change.
"I am not burnt out," he said. "I'm healthy; I feel good. But 16 years is a long time . . . 16 years of running a program, 16 years of being responsible for everything and everybody catches up to you." See the story here: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nc...A14BDVj?cvid=879ce0dba1f148f0bda6b0e6d8c70b2d
Meanwhile, back in Iowa City, old man Ferentz and his boy wonder keep churning on despite KF's 23 years as master of the Hawkeye universe. "What? Me retire and close down the family business? Ha!"
Theo Epstein, an imperfect human, ended long-time failures in Boston for the Red Sox and in Chicago for the Cubs. He has often said that ten years in one place is long enough. But KF knows that if ten is good thirty is quite a bit better.
It's past time for KF and his clan to bid a fond farewell to the Hawkeyes and take his millions and his fan club, led by AD Gary Barta, into retirement. With KF and Barta out of the picture, Iowa would at least have a chance to do what needs to be done to try and compete with USC, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and the rest of the new Big Ten and national landscape.
David Shaw looked at the facts and did the right thing for him personally and for the Stanford football program. But KF, the guy who once said he would never be one of those coaches that hangs on too long, continues to hang on too long.