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[QUOTE="JrodCuse, post: 1818623, member: 1279"]
For the most part we were a very bad football team under Shafer. Yes, we were competitive in some games, but overall the games were bad. The OP's stat is eye opening (lost by 3+ scores in 16 games). Shafer was a good guy but he made some serious mistakes when it came to his assistant and positional coaching positions, which ultimately lost him his job.

Now we have a legitimate, proven head coach with a track record and an exciting system. Things are definitely bright! We will probably still have a clunker here or there while all the systems get learned and the talent base slowly gets improved.

The one thing I highly doubt we'll have an issue with is effort. I think too many people are getting worked up over nothing. Players give good effort. They always do, it's part of their competitive nature. You can't make it to the top teir of sports without effort. The players always tried hard under Shafer. The players will always try hard under Babers, but Babers has the right coaching schemes and positional/assistant coaches to succeed. So overall the winner is Syracuse football and us, the fans.
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