Reports: Syracuse Fires Scott Shafer
As you know, he is former Michigan DC under RR and former Stanford DC under Jim.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/eye-on-college-football/253862…
November 23rd, 2015 at 10:17 AM ^
Orange you glad we don't have to make a coaching change this year?
November 23rd, 2015 at 11:02 AM ^
I am going to S'cuse myself from commenting on this.
November 23rd, 2015 at 11:35 AM ^
What sort of orangements have they made for the rest of the season?
November 23rd, 2015 at 11:43 AM ^
Dunno, but even after Shafer was beaten to a pulp by the fan base, I think the opening would still a peel to one of the zesty young assistants
November 23rd, 2015 at 10:17 AM ^
November 23rd, 2015 at 10:23 AM ^
I would argue that distinction belongs to Eastern Michigan, but no promising coach would ever go there. So, for EMU, it's more "where dying coaching careers go to die".
November 23rd, 2015 at 10:27 AM ^
November 23rd, 2015 at 10:31 AM ^
No kidding. Ron English got fired from EMU and gave up football entirely to become a pop artist.
November 23rd, 2015 at 10:30 AM ^
You mean the 1 young coach fired by SU since at least the 40s?
Unless you mean Gerg was young and promising.
ummm, ok.
November 23rd, 2015 at 10:33 AM ^
November 23rd, 2015 at 10:19 AM ^
If Durkin leaves, I wonder if Harbaugh would try to bring him in again.
November 23rd, 2015 at 10:23 AM ^
Only if he can run a 3-3-5.
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Too soon?
November 23rd, 2015 at 12:16 PM ^
November 23rd, 2015 at 10:23 AM ^
Quite a time to look for a new coach on the open market.
November 23rd, 2015 at 10:24 AM ^
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November 23rd, 2015 at 11:45 AM ^
rumored anywhere yet.
November 23rd, 2015 at 1:59 PM ^
Marrone back to his alam mater actually makes a lot of sense. Other than Miami, I can't see a bigger school taking a shot. He'd be better off waiting out another ride on the NFL carousel
November 23rd, 2015 at 10:23 AM ^
John Boehner as their next coach...
November 23rd, 2015 at 10:24 AM ^
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November 23rd, 2015 at 12:19 PM ^
Oompa loompa doopity do.
November 23rd, 2015 at 10:28 AM ^
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November 23rd, 2015 at 10:31 AM ^
What are the chances Durkin sticks around? You have to believe he is going to get multiple head coaching offers. We need at least one more year of Durkin with this DL and Peppers and Lewis maybe...
November 23rd, 2015 at 10:31 AM ^
Shafer was fired after 3. Probably a bit premature.
November 23rd, 2015 at 10:53 AM ^
November 23rd, 2015 at 10:33 AM ^
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November 23rd, 2015 at 10:40 AM ^
I wouldn't be surprised at all if Harbaugh brings Shafer in at an assistant coaching position on defense, assuming one of the current assistants leaves for a promotion.
November 23rd, 2015 at 12:49 PM ^
RR hired him after Shafer sent his resume, unsolicited. I don't know what happened at Stanford, maybe Shafer just wanted to go back to the midwest, but I wouldn't guess Shafer is coming back here.
November 23rd, 2015 at 10:50 AM ^
Looks like ol' Brady will have a lot of open jobs to explorre. The question is how many suitors will he have?
November 23rd, 2015 at 10:54 AM ^
And the Randy Edsall rumors have already started. Gross.
November 23rd, 2015 at 10:56 AM ^
There is already some theorizing on potential replacements, of course.
Potential Syracuse targets: Scott Frost, Lane Kiffin, Joe Moglia, Joe Moorhead, Mike Sanford & Dave Warner.
— Thayer Evans (@ThayerEvansSI) November 23, 2015
November 23rd, 2015 at 11:03 AM ^
Somebody, please, hire Lane Kiffin.
November 23rd, 2015 at 11:48 AM ^
November 23rd, 2015 at 10:57 AM ^
His record prior to RR was stellar and he got hired because he ran an exceptional defense at SU under the previous staff. Shafer is a good coach. But you've got Mattison on the staff if Durkin leaves, so he's an obvious candidate you'd think.
November 23rd, 2015 at 2:25 PM ^
November 23rd, 2015 at 11:09 AM ^
FB coach being fired. I wonder if anyone can turn that program around.
November 23rd, 2015 at 11:27 AM ^
That is a job that Pasqualoni made look much easier than it is. I never though Shafer was an ace candidate, and you have to think Syracuse would have been better off staying with Marrone. Firing Shafer has at least superficial appeal: looking at Syracuse's last two years, I can't imagine them being worse. But really this is Syracuse trying to correct an error it made several years ago with respect to Marrone.
November 23rd, 2015 at 1:44 PM ^
November 23rd, 2015 at 12:03 PM ^
Shafer at least had them competitve in most games, even if their record was terrible. That might be the most Syracuse can ask for out of their football program now-a-days.
November 23rd, 2015 at 1:41 PM ^
November 23rd, 2015 at 12:31 PM ^
It's the Harbaugh effect. Harbaugh comes in and has the team turned around and highly ranked in his first year. Now half of college football seems to want to replicate that move. Of course these schools will soon figure out that there are very few coaches even close to Harbaugh's abilities, and most of those aren't leaving their current jobs.
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