I completely agree. I much prefer Babers to Shafer. I hope he is successful at SU and that he stays successful for years to come. I support him and the team. When he was hired, Babers was third on my "list" behind Brohm and Frost. I think much of what he has done is great. He has good energy. He has ambition.
I have soured on Babers the person some though. Maybe it's the losing or some of the questionable in game stuff, but what i once considered to be confidence and swagger, is starting to appear to me as hubris. At first, i thought he did a really nice job of expressing and explaining his vision. At times now, i feel more like he is talking-down to the base.
I have hope he will get the job done here. But my faith, admittedly, is wavering. I used to hope we would get a coach who would become our Pat Fitzgerald (i figured this would be Marrone as there are obvious parallels). Consistently good, occasionally great, every once in a while, a tad down. I think Babers could potentially be better though. He could become our Gary Patterson. There could be years with this style, where everything clicks, and we could be looking at a conference championship game or a big bowl.
