It's not really a "panic" issue I don't think (for me anyways). Also not as much the reason the decision was made, but more that Shakir really out played him by a fairly good margin it seemed that makes it so surprising.
I can't speak for others, but it's certainly not under valuing him at all for me. For me it's simply that Shakir out played him all TC and preseason. Nothing more, nothing less
Well people view certain things differently, but as for the in-game decisions etc. I feel he improved over the last 2 seasons. I recall one of the main issues many talked about was he needed to be more aggressive. And he has definitely done that last 2 seasons I thought.
Sure, probably won't be an issue as long as you plan accordingly and have thought out your crime before hand. Probably shouldn't just jump in a spur of the moment type thing.