SI Suggests Troy Taylor for Stanford With respect to how this effects Sacramento's football program I think we have to wait awhile before it sinks in for the players and the present coaches. — 69aggie
In the short term they're almost certain to take a big step back. Could they keep it up for a few years like Stanford did when they went from Harbaugh to Shaw? Of course. But those were also the old transfer rules. Shaw was also the OC the previous four years which certainly helped. Shaw also got to have Andrew Luck for his first year whereas I think someone said Sac is losing both QBs. Sac is certainly going to lose some recruits too.
Like with every coaching hire, that's what its going to come down to. If they nail the next hire like they did with Taylor, they'll be fine for a few years. If not, well, back to irrelevance. But regardless of who they hire, it seems very, very likely they'll take a big step back next year.