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Message: [QUOTE="JeremyCuse, post: 3027926, member: 43"] I don't think most people are blaming Desko for Wisnauskas deciding to go Maryland with his gf. I do think people question him not playing as a true frosh especially with a pretty weak attack unit. Would that have made a difference in him transferring? Who knows but it may have made the decision a whole lot harder. As for Gaudet I have to 100% disagree. He noted in an interview that SU simply stopped communicating with him even after he reached out a few times itself. When he finally got ahold of Desko and told him he was thinking of flipping to Yale, Dekso told him "If I got an offer from Yale I would go there to." Even if its true who the hell says that as the HC of a team the player is committed to? I know your a big fan of the staff but there's no way to spin that positively. Bottom line is that we (the program) has to get better in all facets. Team clearly has talent were not Siena or Dartmouth but we have slipped from where we were and bad patterns are starting to develop. Recruiting needs an uptick clearly and after years of using transfers to supplement we have been very quiet on the transfer front the last 2 off-seasons. Whether its Gray or not we should absolutely try and pursue a transfer attackmen if he has the skill and is interested in Syracuse. The main issue affecting Desko currently isn't this years failure in the tournament its the accumulation of or really the lack of success since the Title in 09. 1 Final four appearance in 11 year isn't going to cut it for Syracuse, full stop. We can all sit here and argue about transfers, Ivy league teams (that whole argument to me is ludicrous), the rise of teams like PSU and Yale, Tuition and Endowments etc. The bottom line is SU has had multiple good to great teams that have underachieved the last decade and some that probably over achieved ie 2013 and probably this years team to some extent. 2020 recruiting class looks like it has some very interesting players coming in despite losing so many high end guy to transfers this fall. We need the staff to get out there and hustle up a few more commits and look to solve the attack issue heading into next year. IF we can do that and figure out this new issue of blowing late leads that has suddenly popped up the past two years we will have every chance to make a desperately needed run the next two years. If we don't there is going to be a new coach on the hill in two years. [/QUOTE]

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