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Message: [QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 1931910, member: 5685"] Were there many options? Marrone left very late. Look at who got hired the year after Shafer. Wasn't a good class of HCs. Maybe TGD could have taken a chance on Clawson. I think had ND not made it to the NCG, Diaco would have had a chance as well. I am sure TGD wanted to move fast because of the recruiting class. Waiting for a few weeks would have left SU without any recruits. Who else? Maybe guys like Lincoln Riley or Matt Campbell but they were reaches at the time. I think the timing of Marrone leaving and the lack of a quality pool of coaches got us stuck with Shafer. Although at the time I thought Hackett was a better choice. Shafer wasn't going anywhere. Hackett as an OC likely leaves first chance, even if not taken by Marrone. [/QUOTE]