I had a really good relationship with Coach Shaffer. Coach Marrone, he was a great guy, but coach Shaf, me and him really clicked because he’s a defensive minded coach.
Prior to the Syracuse loss at Villanova Saturday at the Wells Fargo Center, Orange Watch caught up with Syracuse senior associate athletic director Herm Frazier.
The team has questions marks on attack beyond last year’s leading scorer Derek Maltz, but it returns five of its six top midfielders and nearly its entire defense.
While many were thinking continuity in the sense of as much of the previous staff staying on board as possible, particularly since is seemed likely at the time, Shafer used a different version of continuity when it appeared the preferred version was unavailable.
As the hands-on defensive coordinator for the past four seasons, Scott Shafer also more than stood out as the candidate to promote late in the recruiting process.