Townie72
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MacPherson failed miserably when he left Syracuse too. He was completely overmatched with the Patriots. Laughably so.
I don't know why we're so embarassed by P's success. He fizzled out at the end but to fizzle out you need to have been successful.
Not sure it's desperation. I think it's appreciation of a wonderful era for Syracuse football.
The reason it's desperation is it makes it look like it's the only thing we have to celebrate. Drawing attention to the 1990's makes the current struggles look worse by comparison.
I'm not sure "Tradition" sells like it used to.
We've forgiven and feted the players who quit the team in 1970. We've renamed things after Ernie and we've recognized everyone from Jim Brown to Jim Ridlon and up to McNabb. And it doesn't appear to have helped all that much.