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[QUOTE="Orangepace, post: 1155685, member: 322"]
Marrone did a great job while here.  I won't argue that.  He left it unfinished, won't argue that.  I'm with Millhouse though on the overall.  Things aren't nearly as bad as you're indicating.  You can be confident that the program isn't going to fall back into the GRob years.  This staff has had to improve the talent.  By all accounts, they've been doing just that in their extremely limited time on the Hill.  They've had to do so in a much tougher conference than Marrone had to battle.  The line I bolded is absolutely ridiculous right now.  The sample size is still too small to really cast judgement on the staff as a whole.  I always knew in the back of my mind that Lester was brought on to replace McDonald when he departed, no matter the fashion, as long as Shafer remained in the driver seat.  I am still of the belief that Shafer may have acted a little too soon in demoting McDonald, but if it means he's comfortable in accelerating his timeline on Lester, so be it.  It's his call.  This team is better off today than it was two years ago as a whole.  The problem is these guys are 1 full recruiting cycle into improving the talent.  You have to raise the bottom before the top, unless you're lucky enough to catch lightning in a bottle.  They've raised the bottom with their 1 full cycle recruiting class and by all measures are on pace to do it again with their second if it holds up.  Marrone did it emerging from the GRob years and now Shafer is doing it again.  It's mind boggling that some here cannot see it.
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