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[QUOTE="cliftonparksufan, post: 5710336, member: 9"]
At one time not that long ago, players were students-athletes that if they wanted to transfer needed to sit out a year.

Now they are 20 year old professionals that in most cases are making more money than the lunch pail fan who has been toiling at his or her job in some cases 30 or 40 years and if they are season ticket holders, pay pretty good coin to watch these professional athletes play 30 or 35 minutes in a game at the most.

Do the fans have expectations?  More than ever.

Now let's talk about the coaches and staff.  Could be one of the worst jobs in the world in 2026.  Except for the fact, even the bad ones make millions until they get fired.  They chose the profession.  They chased the opportunities.  And a few become successful.

A while ago, I posted an article that I think was from the USA Today that listed all the head coaches and their salaries and who from the list would you want as the next Syracuse head coach.  There were very few, less than 5%, that have had consistent success in their years of coaching.

So do fans have rights to boo and post malicious comments about players and coaches.  I would say in good taste if they are trying hard to become winners.

What got frustrating at Syracuse is the players they brought in as transfers weren't from winning programs and the coaches couldn't teach them how to win, and the high school kids followed the same path.  Red wasn't innovative and kept trying the same thing over and over.  The players got frustrated.  No one likes losing, coaches, players and the "fans".

So Red gets fired and hopefully the new regime will be better than the old regime. And that's why it's important to hire a proven winner.
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