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[QUOTE="OttoinGrotto, post: 605987, member: 297"]
The reason why I say that for large parts of his tenure Marrone wasn't a good [I]college[/I] coach is because I genuinely believe that what we saw the final season on offense was [B]never[/B] his real plan. The talent and lack of numbers hurt our offense, sure. But I think he made choices along NFL lines of thinking moreso than college lines of thinking when it came to offense. 
 
Strengths - improved culture, improved recruiting, improved program perception, had a plan, two winning seasons
 
Weaknesses - failed to field competent offenses for long stretches, struggled to close on big name recruits, sold a dream to a fanbase that turned out to be a sham/was a tool to the media
 
Those our kind of big weaknesses, and they relate to scheme, talent and appeal to fans. Those are kind of a big deal in the college game. 
 
Obviously we haven't seen much of Shafer, and this isn't to say I don't have reservations about him, but based on what we know so far it seems like he's more of a college coach based on how he's handling scheme, talent via Cool Kid McDonald and appeal to fans. Ergo, I feel confident that he's a better [I]college[/I] head coach than Marrone. 
 
I mean, a lot of why I posted real criticisms regarding Marrone was just to counter Go's Marrone manlove, but in this case I genuinely support what Eyes was saying about the staff.
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