Syracuse Head Coach Scott Shafer Responds to Questions Regarding His Feelings Towards 28-6 Loss Last Night by Mentioning ISIS

When asked about his feelings towards Syracuse's 28-6 loss against Louisville, Orange head coach Scott Shafer found a way to include ISIS into it.

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Following last night's embarrassing 28-6 loss to Louisville, Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer was asked a common reporter question regarding his feelings towards the lopsided defeat. The individual asking the question even lobbed up a couple easy options, like "frustration" or "despair." But Shafer went in a completely different direction. He brought up ISIS and "cutting people's heads off." 


No despair. I’m the luckiest guy alive. I see ISIS is out there cutting people’s heads off. Um. The real world’s got some major problems. Some major problems. And we’re just so doggone lucky to be coaching and playing a sport and being criticized for not getting a call made with a couple seconds left in the game. Or being criticized for not catching a dead pig with air in it. So you know, to me, life’s pretty damn good. And I’m so lucky to be having to field these types of questions. I feel so blessed to be a football coach. And, uh, livin’ the dream.

Welp, Shafer is definitely correct that he's lucky to be in the position he is in. But did you have to really say, "ISIS is out there cutting people's heads off"? Too soon, man. Too soon. 

[via The Big Lead]

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