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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1443247, member: 40"] I think people are just tired of hearing that drum beat repeatedly when the signs on the recruiting trail suggest otherwise. You've consistently maintained the position that Shafer isn't a great recruiter. People disagree, which in turn garners a defensive reaction from you. I don't think that people are attacking you so much as disagreeing with a perspective you espouse repeatedly. And "great" might be a little too strong -- that word gets overused in sports. But I think many posters see a lot of positive things on the recruiting trail from Shafer and this staff that suggest that things are turning around. We haven't added talent like this in... what? 15 years? Since the McNabb era, at least. None of that absolves Shafer from the other criticisms about his coaching apptitude, but I think that criticizing what the staff is doing on the recruiting trail is off-base, given the class they are assembling. [/QUOTE]