To see what you just wrote here has been my unspoken opinion since the day he was fired. After reading this the feelings of regret well up inside me once again.
I truly wonder what he would have been able to do this year had Lester been able to mold his system one more season.
The other side of the coin is he really did say a couple bone head things in press conferences, the most egregious being the "special comeback" reasoning he used to excuse himself for keeping Dungey in the game.
Man. I feel bad for Shafer and still wonder "what if." But I'm very excited to see what Syracuse may do in the next few seasons.