I'm a meathead. Always have been. Because that's what it takes to win football games in the NE. WE tried the WCO, we tried Orange in the new fast, they both sucked to be honest. We win when we are meatheads, we win when we control the ball, when we play stifling defense, when guys like Pugh and Tiller and punching open holes for guys like Jerome Smith which opens up the passing game. I'll take meathead and wear it proudly.
If he is such a good coach and was treated unfairly then why hasn’t another school offered him a head coaching position?No hatred here toward him, but I had seen enough to know it was time to go in a different direction.
Dino won with a gimmick offense that lasted 2 years and only won on the backs of other coaches recruits. He had never built anything before coming here and sucked doing it. Dino didn't win if Eric wasn't playing, well neither did Scott when his QB wasn't playing. Boggles my mind that people still think Shafer was horrible when he was playing with Austin Wilson and Zach Mahoney. Nobody was winning with those guys.
Really? That's what I don't get. We are not Alabama, we don't fire coaches after 3 years, not even fing Grob. Also before Eric got hurt his 3rd year, things were looking on the up. You going to deny that?
had me until the he got ’ed by the school. How?
Huh. I remain irrationally made about both of those things.
I mean sure but the whole cigar thing on a program who literally was your first head coaching gig was classless.
1. Only coach in modern history to get only 3 years, even Grob got 4
Not even sure who your second paragraph is responding to here. Lol
That he wouldn't have gotten anywhere else at the Power 5 level - at least the head coach money. I'd like to get screwed like that any day.
Shafer was a continuity hire. He wasn't supposed to rebuild. He was supposed to continue what Marrone started. He failed in spectacular fashion.
No Gomer. Most coaches absolutely do NOT leave their starting QB that they can't afford to lose in a 41-10 game in the fourth quarter with 4 minutes left. That's ridiculous!
Not you! Was trying to describe Scott aha.
Whoa, I never said he was a good HC. I said he got a raw deal. Fact is he got hired with the school knowing he would be learning on the job. I think he deserved at least year 4 with his new DC and QB to see what could have been.
Remember the commercial when the Schafer truck drivers are in the locker room and the rookie has to sing the jingle and he has the incredible voice, and the Older driver in tears says “not bad kid”. Great Ad
It was highly unlikely a fourth year would have mattered. I posted a big analysis here when he was headed into his 3rd year, and the data was overwhelming that nearly all Head Coaches who end up getting their teams into the top 25 on a regular basis showed positive results by year three. 4-8 wasn't that.
BS. I've been paying attention over the years and seen plenty of instances where starters were still in games in similar or even worse situations and thought to myself about our exact situation. I suppose I'll have to find examples. Might take a bit to go through the damn play by plays of games but if you want them, I'll find them. Good coaches too
Did it take into account moving from the BE into the ACC with roster than had almost no depth and no investment from the AD into our facilities?
Keep laughing. Challenge accepted.
Comical. You might have a little bit of credibility if you can at least acknowledge this one instance where he screwed up.
It took into account dozens upon dozens of situations. That's what broad-scale research studies do. That way it extinguishes the noise and provides representative insights.
If I remember correctly, they even said they were ready to take him out but due to a turnover the backup wasn't ready so they put him back out there. And I have seen instances of coaches leaving their QBs in games until the final whistle, even in a blowout. Maybe they have their reasaons, like the backup is dinged up or something. I'm not privy to the reasons behind it, I just recall seeing it happen, quite a few times. Dungey was a freshman, he needed reps, technically he was the starting backup QB. You get that right? Hunt was supposed to be the starter, not Dungey. I just don't think it's the big deal everyone has made it out to be over the years.
You can't even be objective and acknowledge this one time he blatantly screwed up. Try to be the least bit objective and acknowledge the good AND the bad. You're embarrassing yourself.
