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[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 3111611, member: 716"]
"He was left with a roster that lacked talent - and a real problem at QB." That's his job, to maximize the talent he's got. Instead he turned Jerome Smith and Prince Tyson Gulley's skills over to George McDonald, turned Sean Hickey and Rob Trudo over to that inept line coach after Perles couldn't stand it and left. Shafer did worse with Marrone's players than Marrone did, because he wasn't cut out to be a winning head coach (which you concede).

And here's a counterfactual hot take: I think Charlie Loeb, surrounded by that returning talent, would've won at least 8 games for Marrone as his expected starter in 2013. But again, instead of going what was working and coaching to his players' strengths, Shafer chose a different path and did worse with them.

Regarding injury luck with QBs, arguably he had a stroke of good luck: Terrell Hunt getting hurt allowed Shafer to start the better quarterback in Eric Dungey without any of the ramifications of benching a senior.

Anyway, meathead isn't intended to be personal, I hope. In football terms, the man's conduct and words fit that descriptor perfectly.
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