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Message: [QUOTE="Scooch, post: 1464671, member: 628"] I was just trying to put myself in Coyle's shoes (which are probably bigger than mine, admittedly). I think that if a new AD is doing a risk assessment he might conclude that there might be less damage in employing Shafer a season too long than in firing him a year too early. I can envision a scenario where SU goes 5-7, sees the D regress statistically from past years but has young players than exhibit potential, sees the O look functional and make a meaningful leap in various statistical rankings, and sees recruiting continue to trend upward. In that scenario I could see Coyle wanting to give Shafer another year, because blowing it all up, again, would risk wasting another 2 years to rebuild right back to where we are. I'm reserving my judgement on this until we get into the season and we see how this team looks. Wake is critical for me. As is USF. [/QUOTE]