It's almost as if Carfado doesn't realize that the traditional defensive alignment already contains shifting. Imagine his reaction if he ever figures that out. 'Hey, second baseman! What are you doing halfway between first and second?! Get back to your bag and stay there, jackass! And who's that jerk between second and third? I mean, if you're not the pitcher or the catcher, and you're not a baseman, and you're not contributing to home plate collisions, then get the hell out of the infield!'
Or that within that alignment, there are shifts that are acceptable to Carfado - e.g. a third baseman playing in a few steps in anticipation of a bunt - that are no different from the ones he despises (in that they both place a fielder in a better position to field the ball from that particular hitter). I guess shifting like that, or middle infielders at double play depth, or outfielders in a 'no doubles' defense, are all OK forms of shifting, because they were being done back in the good ol' days, like when Jason Bay was on the Sox. He never should have left.