Scott Shafer

[OttoinGrotto]

Erob/Fran recruiting with Shafers attacking style? Sign up for that in a second!

Yeah, I think that defense was a good match for our program and the Dome, and it showed itself to be pretty effective and disruptive without having surefire NFL guys all over the place.

Not crazy to think it would have looked even better with more guys that project to be on NFL rosters.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I don't have any juicy info really. I just remember there were accounts of some heated conversations, even involving Missy, and the whole cigar thing and stuff.

 

[qdawgg]

Dude got to smoke a cigar inside a stadium in NYS. What’s he got to be bitter about.

 

[JKinUtah]

He's just bitter that ISIS was never fully eradicated

 

[Upstate]

Retiring? #SoftNosed

 

[Orangello]

My understanding is Shafer was pretty bitter, and some things occurred during and after the MTSU game that made the relationship worse.

 

[Stevenson]

Quiter

 

[Cuse On 3]

Would take him back in a heartbeat as DC.

 

[Cuse On 3]

Quiter

I don’t know what a quiter is, but if you meant to insult him and call him a quitter then I don’t agree with that either. Was he a good HC? No. Was he a quitter? Nope. Even when we got our a$$ kicked in his time here I never got the feeling he lost the locker room, he just was in way over his head, and couldn’t get the talent but did find hidden gems for dino like a dungey and franklin. Wish him luck. (Would love to take him back on DC).

 

[SuFTW]

Don’t think he worked last season. MTSU’s head coach was fired after the 2023 season and Shafer was also let go.

 

[NJCuse97]

I agree that he was not long for the HC position (or right for it. He was too thin skinned), but I don't think he would have gotten it if not for DM leaving, and then taking Nate Hackett with him. He was the continuity hire that Coyle immediately corrected. He carried over a few good coaches, like Daoust, and brought in a few more like Clark Lea, Tim Lester, and Pat Perles, but he had bad ones too, (McDonald, and Joe Adam stand out to me). Very mixed bag and he had to carry us into the ACC, which he did with a bowl season.

 

[MSOrange]

I don't have any juicy info really. I just remember there were accounts of some heated conversations, even involving Missy, and the whole cigar thing and stuff.

Correct. As I remember, Missy claimed she took some verbal abuse from SU fans sitting in her area.