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[QUOTE="K Otto XLIV, post: 1462794"]
Even if Lester is successful he will eventually move on. Then what?

When you hire a D guy as HC you will have no stability on O. If the OC stinks then they will get fired and a new guy/system come in. If the OC is good then they will move on to another OC job or HC job. In which case a new OC and system come in. The best way IMO for Shafer to have long term success is to hire a guy from the Mumme coaching tree. That O has had proven success everywhere. If the OC you hire is good and moves on, then it isn't very hard to find a replacement who will run the same system and hopefully pick up where the last guy left off. Unfortunately none of the Mumme guys are Shafer's buddies.

Shafer seems to have no strategy or plan for the O. He hired a recruiter with little experience and surrounded him with assistants who also had little experience. Then that OC brings in a new system which Shafer approves. With an opening at OL instead of brining in help for the OC, Shafer hires a guy with zero experience coaching the position.  Mid season Shafer fires that OC and hires a guy who has a few years experience running a DIII school. We have changed our O 3 times in 3 years. And we have surrounded our OCs with assistants who have little experience running Os or game planning. Putting everything on the OC isn't fair.

From Lester's interviews he seems like a smart guy. So I think there is hope that he turns into a good OC.
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