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[QUOTE="SoBristol, post: 1543616, member: 485"]
I don't follow that at all; although it might be debatable whether you need 4 full classes when you go outside for a new head coach. 
   
The present lack of depth at QB at this point has nothing to do with Marrone (other than how his departure affected the 2013 class).  Hunt was injured and Wilson, Long and Kimble were Shafer recruits but not the right guys.  Same at RB. where Morris and McFarlane should be providing depth, but haven't developed as expected.   Same at WR.  In the OL, the lack of depth is due to the loss of Knapp and Curtis to injury, and the recruiting of projects (Burton, McGloster, Lasker, Ward) who haven't worked out.   In the DL, we lost Johnson to injury, Harvey to transfer, and Williams (a Shafer juco) washed out for non-football reasons.   In the LB unit, Shafer's projects (Perry and Bennett) did not work out; and Ted Taylor was a lightly recruited juco (a better effort in the jucos might have provided help).  In the DB unit, we have numbers, but not much size or quality; Whigham & Morgan have not developed.  Kelly (the only recent JUCO DB), does not explain the quality issue we have in the secondary. Shafer banked on Prater and Blair who did not qualify.
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