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[QUOTE="721Comstock, post: 2636409, member: 5429"]
I don't think anybody says he can't coach DEFENSE. 
He's proven that on many occasions before and after his time at SU.

But he wasn't a good HEAD Coach, and that's not really something with much room to debate either.

Even GERG managed a few Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wins (of the very few W's he had, period), and St Dougie and Dino also both had some noteworthy upsets - Dino's W over Clemson is the biggest pelt taken at Syracuse in over THREE DECADES.

Shafer had exactly zero notable upset wins.

And as far as the "leaving the cupboard bare" - he did. 
His recruiting classes always had the 1-2 semi-highly ranked kids who never even made it here, or did nothing if they did.   And the rest were all the spunky, undersized guys - because that's all he could land.

Dino and crew are bringing in ACC-caliber and sized talent now.
All you have to do is compare the offer sheets of the last 2-3 classes, vs the guys Shafer was getting - it's like night and day.   No Akron to be found anywhere now!  ;)
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