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[QUOTE="OrangePA, post: 3555667, member: 204"]
I am pretty sure that nearly all of the schools you have listed have greater financial resources than Syracuse University. 
I have no doubt that that is true with respect to BC, Duke, and NW, and have little doubt with respect to SMU.

The lack of coaching stability has had an effect.

Those who have been on this Board for awhile know how strongly I feel about the decision to fire Coach Pasqualoni in 2004.

Doug Marrone won two bowl games in three years and seemed on his way to sustained success - losing him was disruptive to the Program.

Firing Shafer after three years led to further instability - ironically he was the victim of the kind of injuries that are impacting Dino now - especially at QB. (I am not presuming to debate the decision in this thread).

And, it is only in the past few years that the football infrastructure at SU has been addressed to any substantial degree - with much work to do.

So, my feeling is that Dino Babers is a good man - I believe that student-athletes like him and want to play for him. I think the Program needs to hang tough, create some much needed stability and stay the course.

I think the new Dome and the new investment in the football complex has already helped with recruiting and will continue to draw better talent.

So, you have to figure that this COVID season has exposed what has been a longstanding problem on the Hill - a fundamental lack of quality depth.

And, you have to stay the course and stick with Dino.
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