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Message: [QUOTE="Orangepace, post: 673146, member: 322"] While I agree that Marrone left before the job was done, the sting is wearing off for me... Marrone realized he wasn't built for the college game and all that it involved. I think Marrone was overwhelmed by trying so hard to bring the team back to respectibility and it stressed the guy to the max. I don't believe he was cut for the effort required and did the best job he could before realizing he didn't have the energy to keep it going. He then realized he needed to step aside and jumped at the first opportunity he could that wouldn't leave him completely hated by our fanbase... The guy jumped to the NFL, not a higher level college job for gods sake.. I do still hold a little disdain for the guy for poaching nearly all of the assistants. But what's to say the assistants all would have been kept?!?! Are we so sure that he didn't ask Shafer his intentions with the assistants and then acted accordingly? It's interesting that a lot of what Shafer and staff are doing now (the use of social media, Shafer's reconnecting with former football alumni, the focus on the midwest for recruiting, etc.) wasn't acceptable under Marrone. Maybe Shafer was cutout for college football and Marrone realized he wasn't the best for this job, so he eliminated himself from the equation. Marrone took over this team at a really low point and his dealings on the field have left a renewed support of the team. He left the cupboard much more full than when he arrived. I have no insider info to any of the above and all these statements are just my opinion. That said, I've turned the page and look forward to what Shafer and his staff can do. I have a sneaking suspicion that we may all be thanking Marrone for stepping aside when he did, five years from now. [/QUOTE]

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