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Message: [QUOTE="suloyalfan, post: 39162, member: 397"] I understand... if someone really thinks that, then they need their head examined. I was exaggerating to make a point. There are some people on here that are losing all perspective about where we just were, and how far we've come. Obviously there is still room for improvement and I think we will continue to see it in the coming years. As for this year, we beat good Wake Forest and Toledo teams along with close ones against RI and Tulane. It appears that Rutgers is better than expected, and anyone who watched our game against them can realize that they were very fortunate to leave with a win. It seems pretty clear that our team has the nasty habit of playing to the level of the competition. I think the team's talent is improving, the players are very inconsistent in performance, and I think the coaches are trying way to hard to tailor each game plan for each opponent instead of focusing on what SYRACUSE does well and imposing our style on opponents. It seems like Marrone tries to change the scheme each week to fit the opponent. I think this is admirable, but very difficult to pull off. We need to focus on what SYRACUSE does (or can do) well and shove it down the other teams throat. This is the thing that is "bothering" me the most about the game week and game day coaching. I think the coaches are overthinking the opponents and worrying too much about tailoring the attack to the opponent. They need to impose their will on the opponent... everyone mentions Oregon's offense as a model of perfection. Do you think they change their gameplan week to week? No. They do whatever they want and it's their opponent's job to stop them (which very few can). [/QUOTE]

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