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Reports indicate Syracuse defensive coordinator Scott Shafer, seen here at SU football training camp in 2012, will take over as head football coach of the Orange.

(Photo by Frank Ordonez/The Post-Standard 2012)



Reports are coming in that Syracuse athletic director Daryl Gross will name Syracuse defensive coordinator Scott Shafer as head coach at Syracuse to take over for Doug Marrone.

Let's see what you are saying about the move.



DudleyDooRight: "If the Shafer rumor is true (and apparently it is), AD Gross has missed another golden opportunity by going with an unproven assistant coach instead of a proven head coach to turn the SU football program around. With all due respect to Scott Shafer, whom is an excellent defensive coordinator, there is no substitute for the real deal."

tdubbs42: "Shafer will take this program to the next level. This team had the talent to win BCS games the past two years. Two teams we dominated did it back to back years, WVU last year and Louisville this year. Players win, coaches lose. Marrone never left the pros. He tried to pretend he was a college coach, but you can only fake it for so long. The Cuse will be better off without him."



docalky: "We certainly don't want ND DC Diaco after that national butt whipping. Why would we even consider another DC after the job Shafer has done with far lesser talent? I favor an alum as they tend to be more passionate sellers of the program. For this reason I like David Walker - who has shown himself to be a fine recruiter as well. If we don't go with an alum, I know we won't spend the $$ for a name coach, so promote Shafer and give Hackett a nice raise. Clearly this will keep recruits on board an maintain the ties with current recruiting connections. It will also build on the organizational skills that apparently football people in the highest levels saw in HCDM"



Syracuse1717: "Based on the comments I think that people will be very surprised when they see how good of a job Scott Shafer does here at Syracuse if this is true. I like everything about him personality wise. The only real negative is that he's not an alum or a Northeastern guy, but being around Marrone and being a DC at Cuse for 4 years probably gave him a great idea of what this program needs to win. GREAT move by Gross if true, even if it wasn't handled the in the best way."





always4su: "Good choice. I was pulling for Hackett, but Shafer would have been my second pick. We're not going to get a "name" coach here - not with what we pay them. The logical choice was to promote from within. Now, they have to make it right by Hackett by paying him to keep him too."

orangeguy: "How long before Shafer finds his dream job?"



UBSU:

"Shafer is the best choice to keep the continuity and philosophy together that Marrone started. No need to clean house and start over again. That was a disaster last time. Build on the foundation and keep the core assistants together, particularly Hackett. The biggest question mark for next years team is at the QB position and keeping the incoming recruits confident and comfortable to come into the program is paramount right now. The hybrid West Coast up-tempo spread offense has attracted kids like Zach Allen to come to SU from Texas. It worked well this year increasing plays per game and points per game and vaulted an unknown like Nassib into potentially making millions at the next level."

What do you think of Scott Shafer taking over as head coach of the Orange? Do you like the continuity or do you think Daryl Gross should have looked elsewhere.

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