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[QUOTE="SmilinBob, post: 1185637, member: 857"]
A lot of interesting points.   I'll keep it short:
Shafer pluses: Passion, kids compete hard very good defense, loves being a college coach and in my eyes demoting McDonald was a tough thing to do to a friend but he did it.  I've been happy with recruiting but this McDonald situation may get "interesting".  Takes hits and doesn't throw people under the bus through the media.

Shafer negatives:  Offense has struggled, injuries (His fault or not), special teams return games, punt happy/field position (no confidence in offense and with a good reason why),  a lot of coaches with a very similar background could be good or a bad thing.

The schedule was set up with absolutely a too short leash for success.   Not winning games at the Dome is odd but maybe these kids play better on grass.  The injuries have had just ruined any chance for a decent season.  I don't know what is going through recruits heads right now but if this staff can hold onto to them it will mean a lot to the program.  If this staff has to reach out to kids that might go to Colgate but get offered late from SU...then we have a problem here.

I like Shafer and will support him and obviously the team as well and there are solid parts here for this team to be good in the future.
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