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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 368283, member: 289"] Our total defense rankings in the years Shafer has been the DC: #37, #7, #64, and #46 so far this year. Not too bad. Again, you change the narrative by first saying that coaches are constantly learning and developing and then saying that Shafer's extra decade of experience as a DC doesn't matter. Instead you proclaim the defense has "stunk", which it hasn't. You are also throwing Shafer under the bus to defend Hackett. Hackett, in his first year as OC was #90 but has improved to #27 so far this year. He finally realized that our proven players are in the passing attack and put us in the no huddle so we can get more passes off. We've gone from 65th in the country in passing to #10. I applaud him for that. It's an example of learning on the job. I wish we had played this way last year. We could have wound up in a bowl game and Marrone might have gotten his contract extension. [/QUOTE]