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[QUOTE="Orangepace, post: 480756, member: 322"]
Voted w/ the Like button, but I'm much more neutral than that.  I feel like they rushed the decision.  I'm not sure if TGD did this with one foot out the door or not, but really, I don't think enough thought was put into this hire and thus it was irresponsible to not be prepared.  The University could have easily taken a few days and at least interviewed outsiders in the effort to confirm their position, but it wasn't done.  Why?  Were they afraid they would find someone better?  Were they not willing to waste the time to confirm? 
 
I've stated many times here that I think that Shafer will keep us a mediocre team, for better or worse.  I define the prospects of remaining mediocre as a fail, but some here are happy with a 7-5 finish year in and out.  This wasn't necessarily our chance to hire someone who would take us to 10-2 right away, but it could have been... Cannot know how prepared someone is without at least interviewing a few people..
 
That all said, I'm actually getting tired of the under 50 recruiting classes.  While I know the star system is flawed, I laugh that we are consistently being beaten on the recruiting paths for higher quality recruits.  I love that we can identify talent, but to be a true competitor, you need to be able to win a fight or two on the recruiting front.  We don't have the salesman we need given the current state of our facilities and thus, I think we need to seriously focus on bringing in a dynamite recruiter position coach at this point. 
 
That said, I hope that I'm wrong.  I hope Shafer is the guy to drive us to 9-10 wins on a recurring basis.  But I am having serious reservations that this hire was made to help in the short term (recruiting, returning players) as opposed to long term (we may be in the market for a new coach as early as next year at this point).
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