Doug Marrone sighting

[bothsocksup]

NfL combine lookin all energized

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I have a hard time looking straight at Marrone. The glow from his halo is really bright and makes me have to squint.

 

[dasher]

I have a hard time looking straight at Marrone. The glow from his halo is really bright and makes me have to squint.

If you leave a job after just two years and only one (sort of) winning season, can you still get sainthood?

 

[orange79]

If you leave a job after just two years and only one (sort of) winning season, can you still get sainthood?

If you perform a miracle, yes.

 

[SUFan44]

If you perform a miracle, yes.

He performed two miracles, according to some.

 

[Rocco]

Or you can continue to hammer the guy who helped us from under the bridge. Either or.

 

[Cusester]

I will never understand the animosity. It's a little like Syracuse.com here whenever HCDM is mentioned.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Or you can continue to hammer the guy who helped us from under the bridge. Either or.

I will never understand the animosity. It's a little like Syracuse.com here whenever HCDM is mentioned.

You guys are using some really, really loose definitions for strong words like "hammer" and "animosity" for some pretty tame jokes.

 

[SUFan44]

Or you can continue to hammer the guy who helped us from under the bridge. Either or.

At this point I think the sensitivity far outweighs the "hammering".

 

[OburgOrange]

Doug who?

 

[GoSU96]

Or you can continue to hammer the guy who helped us from under the bridge. Either or.

Getting mocked by a guy who was all in on MacDonald.

There's a credible source.

 

[kuethstheman]

NfL combine lookin all energized

The energized part fits in with one theory I heard. He figured out what everyone else already knew, that he is too thin-skinned to be a head coach. That his place is position coaching.

 

[Rocco]

At this point I think the sensitivity far outweighs the "hammering".

You could not be any farther off.

 

[Rocco]

that he is too thin-skinned to be a head coach.

So he left Buffalo because he was too thin-skinned now? Give it a rest, you have no idea what you're talking about.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Getting mocked by a guy who was all in on MacDonald.

There's a credible source.

Shafer was all in on McDonald. You don't think through some of the things you say.

 

[GoSU96]

Shafer was all in on McDonald. You don't think through some of the things you say.

Considering he brought in a back up and removed mid season and rumor was the last two games the season before is that really true? Seems he had some doubts from the start.

It looks like Shafer didn't put all his eggs in one basket.

 

[anglerman]

Or you can continue to hammer the guy who helped us from under the bridge. Either or.

He made syracuse a mediocre team and nothing more. He also pissed off a lot of people along the way. That's all hes done. Don't make him more than what he is

 

[anglerman]

Getting mocked by a guy who was all in on MacDonald.

There's a credible source.

And who was Dougs first OC that he freaked out in the locker room on??? I guess his first hire wasn't great either.

 

[Rocco]

He made syracuse a mediocre team and nothing more. He also pissed off a lot of people along the way. That's all hes done. Don't make him more than what he is

Way to spin it. He turned Syracuse into a respectable team capable of winning most of the games on their schedule. In 2 years, he took us to a bowl game... 2 years after inheriting the nation's worst P5 football team.

He left too soon, but he did good for Syracuse football. Don't try to spin the "nothing more" statement. He made huge strides.

 

[KaiserUEO]

So he left Buffalo because he was too thin-skinned now? Give it a rest, you have no idea what you're talking about.

no, he left buffalo because hes a QUITTER.

he left Cuse for a better job.

although, quitting seems to fit there too now.....

 

[anglerman]

Way to spin it. He turned Syracuse into a respectable team capable of winning most of the games on their schedule. In 2 years, he took us to a bowl game... 2 years after inheriting the nation's worst P5 football team.

He left too soon, but he did good for Syracuse football. Don't try to spin the "nothing more" statement. He made huge strides.

He was a mediocre coach that got most of his wins because of really good defensive coordinators. Of his 6 years of coaching he put exactly one good offense on the field. By all accounts where he has worked he was paranoid and impossible to deal with. That's the truth about Doug Marrone. Are you saying this isn't true? In 6 years he did nothing more than mediocrity.

 

[GoSU96]

He made syracuse a mediocre team and nothing more. He also pissed off a lot of people along the way. That's all hes done. Don't make him more than what he is

By the end of 2012 SU was one of the 25 best teams in the country. Pretty damn good job from starting with the worst.

Harbaugh first four years 29-21, same exact record first three years.

Four win difference in year four, I wonder if Andrew Luck might have had something to do with that?

 

[OttoinGrotto]

And who was Dougs first OC that he freaked out in the locker room on??? I guess his first hire wasn't great either.

Go has a very concise narrative going. Marrone's early struggles were due yo the limitations of inheriting Grob's roster. Marrone's successes were due to Marrone's genius. Marrone's later failings were due to injuries and the still limited roster left by Grob. Marrone's later successes confirmed his genius. Shafer's first season success is due to Marrone's rebuild. Shafer's failure this season is due to McDonald.

It couldn't possibly be because maybe Marrone didn't leave us as talent rich as we'd hoped. Get it?

I don't think Go is happy we had a bad season, but it's clear that he's ecstatic McDobald flamed out. In a strange way McDonald has become the guardian of Marrone's legacy. Go thinks that because McDonald failed, Marrone's greatness is proven.

 

[anglerman]

By the end of 2012 SU was one of the 25 best teams in the country. Pretty damn good job from starting with the worst.

Harbaugh first four years 29-21, same exact record first three years.

Four win difference in year four, I wonder if Andrew Luck might have had something to do with that?

That all may be true but the record speaks for itself. You can't say if he stayed this would have happened. It didn't happen and that's where his career is. A mediochre record and he pissed off a lot of people. He's now back to being a position coach right where he started. That's a reality you just have to deal with

 

[GoSU96]

He was a mediocre coach that got most of his wins because of really good defensive coordinators. Of his 6 years of coaching he put exactly one good offense on the field. By all accounts where he has worked he was paranoid and impossible to deal with. That's the truth about Doug Marrone. Are you saying this isn't true? In 6 years he did nothing more than mediocrity.

Impossible to deal with, according to who, front office dopes who didn't do their jobs?

The only coach to leave by choice I believe was Pettine, who left for a HC job and took some guys with him. I four years here did anyone leave on a lateral move?

The Bills players were upset that he left, they weren't happy about it from what I've seen.