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Message: [QUOTE="twinight, post: 4875694, member: 1555"] Best case scenario... everything goes right and in a few years, Syracuse is nationally relevant in football again. Perhaps even on the verge of competing at the highest levels in college football because we've become THE standout program in the northeast. Imagine you're the coach of that team. You brought this once mighty football school to prominence again. You're the king of the town. The dome is packed for every home-game. Would you leave Syracuse where you could be seen as THE head coach of the modern era, a school that gave you your first HC opportunity, and a fan-base that has rallied around you and grown with you to just be another in a line of powerhouse coaches at a powerhouse school? I actually think there's a reason to question that you would. In fact, this may be counterintuitive, but I think the MORE success he has here, the more likely he is to stay. If he "just" brings the program back to "pretty good" then I think there's a good chance he moves on. BUT if he is on the path to doing something truly special here, he might just say "I don't need to jump schools to go to the next level because I believe I have the talent to take THIS school to that level." It's one thing to have the opportunity to coach at a school at the highest level of college football. But if you have the ability to [I]drag[/I] a school up to that level—and rebuild a fanbase and community around the program in the process, then you're truly creating a legacy for yourself. Do you bail on this emerging football program that has been defined by YOUR intensity and swagger to go be "the next guy" at some modern football powerhouse? Maybe. Maybe the money is too enticing. But in this scenario where Syracuse has become nationally relevant again, and the fanbase is reinvigorated, I think you'd find a LOT more money available for a coach here as well. Again, I'm not saying this is likely to occur. I believe it's a best case scenario. But I don't believe it's a completely fantastical scenario. [/QUOTE]

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