But some of those suggestions by Hank are downright preposterous, not to mention slightly targeted toward the wrong audience. It’s the community at-large that needs to step up in attendance, not the students.

- Stanford doesn’t retire numbers and treats its football players the same way it does athletes of all its other sports when they excel (via the Hall of Fame). If someone wants to see a bronze depiction of a Stanford great, they already exist in Arrillaga on huge plaques.
- The Farm Report was given the heave-ho in part because there was so little interest in it in the Bay Area. Unlike the Cal Report, the Farm Report couldn’t be sustained when football wasn’t doing well. Plus a lot of the details in it have migrated over to GoStanford, a far cheaper alternative than producing a weekly show.
- If Andrew Luck doesn’t want cameras following him, why should he? He’s still a student, first and foremost.

That’s not to say all of his ideas are a little out there. The Kezar game last year was actually very fun for a no-tackle game (I don’t think anyone even knows the final score because it ended in regulation in a tie and went to triple or quadruple FG kicks between the brothers Whitaker). Bringing the trophies out of Arrillaga to Maples occasionally is a great way to connect with the community. The Alabama schools took their crystal championship trophies to Wal-Marts across the state, so what’s Stanford’s problem? And introducing local youth to Stanford football via camps is a great way to build a fanbase, as many an independent observer in the Chronicle and Merc suggested.

I hope some team takes a chance on him……..they could do a lot worse with a 4th or 5th WR IMO.