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[QUOTE="JrodCuse, post: 1534403, member: 1279"]
Grob - the worst.
Marrone - decent in the fact he brought us from a laughing stock to a team that opponents weren't instantly chalking up to a W, but he still cut bait earlier than expected and left the program in a difficult place, with almost all of its offensive weapons graduating as seniors and transitioning from the Big East to the ACC, which no matter how you look at it is a massive step up in difficulty.  So he was a decent hire but how he left us turns it from decent into pretty bad.  
Shafer - I love this guy, I'd want him to coach my kids that I don't have yet, but I don't think he is fit to be the coach.  Maybe he turns this all around over the next few weeks but would anyone here be surprised if we see a punt from Louisville's 42 yard line or a timeout that we all scratch our head on?  If I gave you a job and said you have 3 years to learn from your mistakes, but you kept making the same ones, wouldn't it be time to reassess?  Again I love that he has that fire and the kids play hard for him, but that is only going to get a team so far when they keep tripping over themselves with silly decisions.  So is he a terrible hire?  I don't know.  I root so hard for him but 7-6, 3-9 and what is looking like 4-8 is not a good hire.

So that leaves Marrone as the sole "non-terrible" hire but even in the way he left the program doesn't make it a good hire.  Maybe terrible was a strong word but these 3 hires and the circumstances surrounding them is a large part for the SU death spiral, especially when coupled with our facilities issues, which is finally getting fixed.  We're still sub-par in recruiting compared to our peer schools though.  5-10 decent players does not make a solid team.
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