McDonald

[anomander]

Wow so things just got really weird. After Shafer and Lester saying how much of a team player George was, McDonald drops that comment to Bailey.

"I was blindsided by the demotion. I would have stayed at Arkansas if I knew this would happe."

Just wow. We are almost better off cutting bait right now. That's a terrible thing to say when you have kids you have recruited to the program, and kids you are in contact with. I really hope Shafer takes over South Florida for him because George is obviously gone at the end of the year.

With that said McDonald may be the most overrated "Great" recruiter ever. Sure he may have been solid at other schools, but who has he brought to Syracuse that we normally wouldn't get? imo not one kid. People will say Ishmael, but Ish took officials visits to Illinois, Louisville, and another ho-hum place I can't recall. If you want to be labeled a great recruiter you better actually bring in kids we wouldn't normally get. The kids he has committed for this year don't even have any other offers. He may have been just as big of a bust on the recruiting trail then he has as an OC. And after that comment he can hit the road right now for all I care because he is leaving eventually.

 

[raf4488]

Brent Axe ‏@BrentAxeMedia
McDonald said he got texts from around football affirming that he's "not as bad as Syracuse thinks I am."

Wow. Someone doesn't want his job anymore. What is he thinking saying these things to Axe?

 

[GoSU96]

And you wonder why there were issues in the staff meeting room.

Who else was going to give McF***it an OC job.

Nice job Cool Kid.

 

[GoSU96]

Brent Axe ‏@BrentAxeMedia
McDonald said he got texts from around football affirming that he's "not as bad as Syracuse thinks I am."

Wow. Someone doesn't want his job anymore. What is he thinking saying these things to Axe?

Good for him

 

[OttoForLife]

It's one thing to fail on the field for whatever reason. But the handling of this type of issue - in the public eye - to me is completely inexcusable. Shows we don't have our ish together from a organizational stand point - not just the football program, but the athletic department and University. Shame on everyone for how this seems to be playing out.

Pretty sure this is only going to get worse before it gets better via a cleaning of the house.

Sigh.

 

[Stevenson]

Fire his ass now. He was a horrible coach. God only knows what he says to the recruits.

 

[Cusefan78]

Shafer, pull the plug now! You can't send this guy out recruiting anymore and he's going to be mr f$&@ it from here on out.

 

[jekelish]

Holy crap man. This guy will never be a head coach if he's this thin skinned and prone to shooting his mouth off.

 

[cuseguy]

McDonald touted himself as a great recruiter, Shafer bought into it and tried to keep him happy by making him the offensive coordinator.


But Shafer had seen enough.

 

[Whitey23]

Have to let him go now. Can't have that the rest of the year.

 

[upperdeck]

say what he wants but is any other p5 school going to give him an OC job after these results? and you have to wonder after the other comments why he would say this stuff. he really needed to work his butt off and recruit well and hope he got a shot someplace after the season. what can he hang his hat on? no points, no yards, no qb production

if lester does well, great for us. if lester fails too then we have to commit to a big time OC up and commer from someplace down where they run these new style offenses. they should take a look at the East Car guy if it comes to that.

we likely lose 2-3 coaches if we finish horribly.

 

[anomander]

It's one thing to fail on the field for whatever reason. But the handling of this type of issue - in the public eye - to me is completely inexcusable. Shows we don't have our ish together from a organizational stand point - not just the football program, but the athletic department and University. Shame on everyone for how this seems to be playing out.

Pretty sure this is only going to get worse before it gets better via a cleaning of the house.

Sigh.

This has been a debacle since Friday night. Shafer didn't handle this the way SUAD would have preferred him to, but this by McDonald is totally unacceptable, and immature.

 

[jekelish]

Have to let him go now. Can't have that the rest of the year.

Agreed, this is a potentially cancerous influence on the team, because he's sensitive and likes speaking his mind. That's a horrible combination.

 

[OrangeBlood]

Can you say mess? I'm sorry but this is on the head coach. He hires all his friends and not neccesarily the best people. Then when they are not good enough, he demotes them and feelings are hurt not only from a professional stand point but personally. Hard to see this not dividing the locker room and coaching staff.

Said from the beginning I wasn't sure if Shafer was a head coach, so far results have been mixed. Go to salvage this season somehow and that means getting back to power run.

 

[MaxwellCuse]

This is bad. No way to put a positive spin on this crap.

 

[jekelish]

Can you say mess? I'm sorry but this is on the head coach. He hires all his friends and not neccesarily the best people. Then when they are not good enough, he demotes them and feelings are hurt not only from a professional stand point but personally. Hard to see this not dividing the locker room and coaching staff.

Said from the beginning I wasn't sure if Shafer was a head coach, so far results have been mixed. Go to salvage this season somehow and that means getting back to power run.

It's not on Shafer that his friend is this sensitive and unprofessional. He couldn't have known he would react so poorly and in such a juvenile fashion.

 

[Crusty]

Coach Shafer - do it your way and I am behind you 100%.

 

[Toga]

It's not on Shafer that his friend is this sensitive and unprofessional. He couldn't have known he would react so poorly and in such a juvenile fashion.

Yeah IDK. The guy had gotten in tweeting wars.

 

[jekelish]

Yeah IDK. The guy had gotten in tweeting wars.

I know, that was the first sign he maybe shouldn't ever be in a position of power in a major football program.

 

[cuseman404]

Yeah IDK. The guy had gotten in tweeting wars.

He has to get fired now

 

[Toga]

 

[Jamesvillecuse]

Yeah IDK. The guy had gotten in tweeting wars.

yes he was embarrassing on twitter arguing with fans

 

[anomander]

yes he was embarrassing on twitter arguing with fans

This isn't really a good look for future employers. But hey he can bring in 2 stars from South Florida.

 

[CuseOnly]

Apparently he is not such a team player. As far as future employment is concerned, how would anyone hire this guy knowing what they might get as far as being outspoken to the public.

As a prospective employer, I wouldn't even sniff this guy knowing what I might get.

 

[hoopsupstate]

This guy really doesn't get it. That was pretty obvious with his interview last week with syracuse.com and his use of totally inappropriate language. That alone was enough for the AD and chancellor to fire him. I say cut your losses and get rid of him now.