2025 Strategy Shift?

[shu 49]

Guys like Emanuel Ross, Jamie Tremble, Ibn McDaniels, Jaden Hart, Joshua Miller, KJE, Jayden Brown, Fatim Diggs, Elijah Washington, Caden Brown, Jaylan Hornsby etc are all highly talented Guys that didn't see the field a ton this year. They'll have another off-season of development and training and many of them will make a big impact this season. Trust the staff.

I do trust these guys 1000 percent more than Dino. The thing I see more and more is Good teams have a really good offense with a good defense but the teams that win championships have really good offense and great defense. They get pressure with their four down guys and maybe sometimes they blitz a fifth guy. They play hard in your face man then switch to a zone when u least expect it. Linebackers are big and extremely fast while secondary can cover but are extremely great tacklers. Now take this theory of mine and match what our defense has and truly compare them. We are two years away maybe three defensively. I truly hope I’m wrong but just look back at all the championships that were won last 4 years.

 

[richmondcuse03]

I do trust these guys 1000 percent more than Dino. The thing I see more and more is Good teams have a really good offense with a good defense but the teams that win championships have really good offense and great defense. They get pressure with their four down guys and maybe sometimes they blitz a fifth guy. They play hard in your face man then switch to a zone when u least expect it. Linebackers are big and extremely fast while secondary can cover but are extremely great tacklers. Now take this theory of mine and match what our defense has and truly compare them. We are two years away maybe three defensively. I truly hope I’m wrong but just look back at all the championships that were won last 4 years.

I think we’re set up very well for 2026. But I also wouldn’t count out 8 wins if we get the defense right next year. We will be winning games a different way. We also need to get specials right. We overcome that this year because of Kyle but won’t have the same margin of error in either two areas.

 

[shu 49]

I think we’re set up very well for 2026. But I also wouldn’t count out 8 wins if we get the defense right next year. We will be winning games a different way. We also need to get specials right. We overcome that this year because of Kyle but won’t have the same margin of error in either two areas.

I agree with that. I truly hope guys come up that we haven’t seen and kill it too.

 

[shu 49]

I think we’re set up very well for 2026. But I also wouldn’t count out 8 wins if we get the defense right next year. We will be winning games a different way. We also need to get specials right. We overcome that this year because of Kyle but won’t have the same margin of error in either two areas.

Also yeah we need specials really bad.

 

[FrancoPizza]

We really just need 4 key portal signings on D and a lot of the handwringing over Fran’s plan will go away. But right now we’re sitting on 0.

 

[bnoro]

I'm happy to! You can DM me, but fair warning I'm just arbing you against Vegas when their number comes in at like 5.5.

I thought this board was for objective analysis of Syracuse football, but I am now realizing it's somewhere between team cheerleaders and absolute fantasy land.

Example of objective analysis:
"Our last 2 classes are improved but they are still young. It'll be tough to scrape together 6-6 against this schedule. Here's why ..."

Example of team cheerleader:
"I expect 8+ wins because it's Fran Brown."

Examples of absolute fantasy land:
"Recruiting rankings don't matter."
"There is a giant conspiracy on behalf of Briah Dohn (and somehow 247, On3, ESPN, and Rivals) to underrate our class and somehow give completely unwarranted 5 stars to the guys going to UGA and Bama, despite the fact that UGA and Bama make the playoffs every year with said completely overrated 5 star recruits."
"Fran Brown knows our class is criminally underrated." -- This one to me is actually the funniest because it not only implies that the recruiting sites have no idea what they are talking about, but it also implies that all of the head coaches at all of the football factories have absolutely no idea what they are doing because they chose not to offer all of our "hidden 4 and 5 star talent" other than Samuel and Gillians.

I bid you adieu to tend to your fantasy land. I am sure nobody will miss me.

I mean sure, if you want to jump in halfway through this thread and call me a cheerleader go for it, but maybe read the original post first?

Never said I "expect 8+ wins" and literally no one in this board is saying that.

I do expect 6 wins, and I do expect this roster to be stronger than some people on here are saying. There is not a conspiracy around Brian Dohn, he has been caught multiple times lowering Syracuse recruit rankings while raising Rutgers recruit rankings.

But I do find it funny when a newcomer comes on here calling those of us who have been part of a community here "tough guys" for having objective takes about our football program, while challenging people to $100k bets that Syracuse will lose games, and then probably won't pay down the road.

 

[Doc5120]

I’m not struggling for anything- let’s get that out of the way first.

That said, I’ve watch a lot of football and played collegiate so I know just a little about the sport. I also have close ties to the program.

Unless your dumb, blind, or ignorant you cannot justify comparing anything from this teams current status and anything Dino Babers did.

I never once supported Dino’s recruiting classes or over inflated what the realism was. Why, it was never worth it!

I know what true talent is, I know how coaching develops talent, and I know what culture does.

Here’s the bottom line- I bit on all the negative bull with predictions but realistically you can’t give an honest assessment or prediction until the week before you kick off. That said- it’s much more likely this team finishes with 8 wins than it does fewer than 6!

I don’t care about the schedule on paper- I look much deeper at it. Tennessee was a very inconsistent team last year and to me that shows a combination of coaching and lack of culture (did you see those things mentioned earlier?). Cristabol is a JOKE, and ALWAYS buckles as seasons progress. I’m not going to waste time to go game by game to appease negativity.

I’ll leave it at this- don’t miss the opportunity to enjoy what Syracuse has- it’s something much bigger than some fans realize!

I hope you're right about this, but just looking at what we currently have coming back/in, and the schedule, I'm on the other side of the fence. We certainly have some young talent, but it will difficult to compete against some of the top tier teams we'll see this year. All that said, I hope I am very wrong though!