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Message: [QUOTE="Van111, post: 301104, member: 1851"] I do like it so far. No real big surprises though as far as impact players. Good position players, but no one that jumps out at you that says we have turned a corner. As others have quoted, this is going to be a rather small recruiting class with no more than 20 slots, probably less. Coach has done wonders identifying top talent early, but on many of these we identified it for other teams. Can't bag them all, I understand that. But with very little real news other than us speculators out there from the Syracuse Camp, I want to remind you that Coach M was the one who said last fall to expect some big surprises early this recruiting year, well, like many of us we are still waiting. Arguably, are best recruit so far is Williams who will have 2 years of elidgeability as I see it. If I'm a bit impatient, so be it, but we aren't going to fill the stands and turn the corner unless we start bringing in top tallent and playmakers, something we have been missing. This has nothing to do with the facilities or X's and O's on the field, albeit they are all interelated. So, let me turn the corner on you, you are satisfied with our direction totally, especially with the close of last season with 5 straight losses that really, we just looked and played terribly, along with a 6-15 Big East Record over DM's tenure, that I am way off base even questiong or providing my opinion on our direction as to the Orange's future? Granted, it is an improvement over the 3-25 conference record during the Robinson Era, but 6-15 and 17-20 overall is hardly a resume for the success most of us are expecting. I admit the 8-5 (don't forget 2 of these wins were against FCS teams) year got our expectations up a bit, but we have had two 1-6 records out of 3 seasons, and now a lame duck year in the Big East as well. Then we are rewarded with 5 true home games this season with 2 of these on a Friday Night when I will be going to my sons games at High School and another one will be Stoney Brook? Go right ahead and have your opinion. So, to be clear as pisssssss with you, if an average team is all you are looking for with an occassional bowl appearance in the lower bowl (or bowel) system is my expectation, then our recruiting is doing just great, fine and dandy so to speak. But that isn't my expectation, by year 5 in DM's Carreer I was expecting a legitamite contender (OK lets be real, conference contender) which will be in the ACC, and this class will be the first to play in it, and no, I am not satisfied with what I have seen so far. Go Orange [/QUOTE]

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