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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 4734779, member: 40"] I get that you're new here, so I'll try to craft a respectful response -- because there's about 10% of your post that is accurate. It isn't "coping" at all, nor is it rationalization. I pay close attention to recruiting, I study the roster all off-season, and I do my research when it comes to the players we bring in. Also, I'm well aware of our program's "station" in the college football landscape. But there is no reason to not think that we can't be an 8 win team consistently. And in recent years, we've seen the correct formula applied to attain that goal. Bring in dual threat QBs who can spin it accurately. Attacking defense that plays to our strengths and avoids our weakness of not being able to attract blue chip DL recruits. Get some guys drafted, and get to bowl games so that the coaches have something positive to sell on the recruiting trail. And we've seen that positive perception play out this off-season, both in terms of the transfers we brought in and how the class of 2024 has shaped up thus far. Syracuse -- at the current point in time -- is perceived as an attractive program that is on the right track. Now, we have to get back to a bowl and keep that rolling. I think you are 100% wrong about the transfer portal. Honest question for you -- you don't think that the players we've brought in via the portal the past few years haven't improved the QB room? C'mon. Also, the notion that we should only base things on collegiate production falls apart when discussing guys who didn't play as true freshman. Some redshirt; others have to wait their turn [especially at factories] behind more experienced players. Neither of those factors mean that they can't play. Also, an outstanding prospect might come in and play as a true frosh at a program like Syracuse, and make a splash because of a favorable depth chart, whereas a kid at Ohio State might not have that same path to PT. Doesn't mean that the kid seeing the field sooner is better necessarily. Which is why focusing only on early "production" at the exclusionary expense of all other data points doesn't make any sense. The 10% I agree with you about NIL being a BIG problem for us, relative to the factories. [/QUOTE]

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