No not insignificant but this time we have excellent contenders for the position. Talent and size wise I like this group.
That's what we should do this year. With hunt though lol
I know that the %s here don't mean squat I think the big difference this year is going to be Lester . Some of the freshmen might show up big like the RBs and LBers but I can see a lot of red-shirting going on I can only hope there has been an adjustment in the S&C to keep the kids healthy.The OL players will benefit big for next year as well as the LBer corp. If the secondary can be stabilized it bodes well for this year and next Unless there is a radical issue that I can't see I'm sticking with 2016 as an arrival year for us in the ACC. Some of the better programs are going to be rethinking their game with us. We are not going to be the push-over that they have seen before way too often
While I'm in total agreement, coyle wasn't here for any of that, he doesn't have a Hc hire yet. If he feels Shafer isn't/can't/won't ever be the guy, he has an obligation to replace him as soon as possible, and then has to get the hire right. now personally I believe in Shafers way of doing things off the fiel, building a family, and it's starting to attract the recruits we want. But there's more to it than that, he has to get it together on the field and help us win more games for his way of doing things to really take off.
Problem is we haven't played 2015 yet and it very well could be our "breakout"
Coyle is a very smart man when it comes to all this and I am sure he will do what he needs to do to get us where we should be; he also has Syverud's strong support. I think you're spot on here. Syverud hired Coyle and I get the feeling that they are from the same mold: deliberate personalities not given to snap decisions. Barring a 2014-like disaster, I believe that HCSS has a pass to the end of his contract and probably a year after that.I see 2017 as the strong year:
http://syracusefan.com/threads/when-will-we-crack-the-top-25.90449/#post-1385415
HCSS is not going anywhere for the foreseeable future. He has a better record than coach Mac when he started. Actually, the HC trend mirrors the historical trend of SU football when towards the end of Ben ( like P) things started going south (literally, the population in the NE started moving south and we lost very critical recruiting grounds here in NE and had to become more national in recruiting), Maloney took over and we continued on the downward slide (GRob but not nearly as bad), Mac took over and it took him a few years and one Carrier Dome to get it going (HCSS got the practice facility and will get a new renovated Dome;eventually/possibly). I am counting HCDM and HCSS as a two headed monster towards getting us back.
As much heat that HCDM catches on here, he must be given credit for doing the nasty thankless job of cleaning up the mess left at the end of P's tenure along with the complete sink job that HCGR did. We did take a bit of a recruit hit when HCDM left but SS recruiting is much better than HCDM who got very solid players who played very solid football. This was essential to getting us out of the media spotlight of being in ESPN's "Bottom 10" every week season after season.
Although Gross hired Greg he has to also be credited in getting us the facilities and into the ACC. This is something that Shaw said couldn't be done. I remember at the end of his tenure Shaw saying that the Astroturf could not be replaced, shortly after Gross was hired, it was replaced. We were light years behind in facilities when Gross took over.
I count 2014 as a display of Murphy's Law along with a sacrifice to the Football "Higher Intelligent Beings". Like Greg, we should just let a lying dog lie.
Coyle is a very smart man when it comes to all this and I am sure he will do what he needs to do to get us where we should be; he also has Syverud's strong support.
