You mean a UConn team that is going to a bowl and who beat an undefeated Houston team? A team that had zero expectations going into the season and won 6 games. That UConn?
As long as he doesn't make any dumb trophies\rivaleries up
Houston who is projected to go to a Group of 5 bowl game (projected for the Peach). They beat them. UConn improved by 4 wins this year and are going to a bowl. Yea great. SU is in the ACC. Super. That has done wonders for the program. The AAC has 8 bowl eligible teams. UConn who held Houston, one of the highest scoring teams in the country, to 17 points.
SU's defense couldn't stop anyone. Let's hire an offensive guy so we can keep losing 49-28. A bowl game is a bowl game. There are a thousand bowl games. They are even letting in 5-7 teams. And SU still isn't qualified. UConn was 2-10 last year. Went to 6-6 this year. Who the hell cares how you win games as long as you win games. I myself wish I was preparing to watch SU play in a bowl game this year. No matter the bowl game. Did you watch SU in the Texas Bowl a few years ago? I went to the Pinstripe Bowl where they beat West Virginia. They won and all the players went over to the SU fan section to thank them and give high fives. It was awesome.
So we've come all this way and gone through all this garbage over the past decade with the goal to get back to where we were in 2004?
The program is going backwards. The basketball team draws more fans that the football team in the same stadium for crying out loud. So you are all looking for a hire that will get SU to a New Years Day game? SU was 3-9 and 4-8 the last two years. They haven't been ranked at seasons end since 2001!! Who do you think is coming to SU to coach a program that hasn't been ranked at season's end in 15 years. Marrone was a great hire IMO. Unfortunately he left. It happens. He left for an NFL job and took his OC with him. The main reason Shafer was hired as HC was to maintain continuity with the team that was coming off an 8-5 season following a bowl win. I don't get it. And no one has any idea if Frost was even close to coming here.
Even after Frost turned us down, there are still a number of very realistic options that fit the profile for what this program needs. Chris Ash is not that.
SU's defense was ranked 99th nationally. And the only reason it's that high is because they shutout Rhode Island. They gave up over 6 yards per play! Think about that. The Defense was a certified disaster. They couldn't make a stop against Clemson, LSU, South Florida, when they needed stops. You think Shafer is a better DC than Ash?
Again, we don't even know Frost turned SU down. And yes I would love to see this program get back to a New Years Day game. But they haven't been to a major bowl since 1998. Don't you think you kind of have to take baby steps here? This isn't going to get turned around overnight. Do you honestly think Frost was going to make SU into a major power in two years?
YES! This!!!!
