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[QUOTE="nzm136, post: 3548912, member: 2531"]
I think we have at least 12 months before we make any calls (and hopefully much longer), but Todd Graham makes me nervous, given how he left Pitt. I'm afraid high school coaches might have some memories. Graham Harrell makes me nervous, too. I think the northeast is a different animal than California/Texas.

It won't be popular here, but I like Addazio. He knows Syracuse ('95-'98), the northeast (HS coach in CT, SU coach, BC coach, and Temple coach for decades combined), the midwest (ND '99-'01 and IU '02-'3), the ACC (7 year BC HC), and Florida (UF '05-'10). He also knows how to build a competent OL and recruit good RBs, and I'm inclined to believe that any QB who doesn't at least consider playing in a Dome on a team with a good OL and strong running game is crazy. I also have far more faith in a DC fixing SU's defense than I do an OC fixing our offense. I've seen good defenses over several spans since '05. I have yet to see a consistently good offense ('12 and '18 were good individual years, not spans).

Steve didn't light the world on fire at BC, but he didn't fail, either. He put together records that are better than anything that we've seen in 15 years (I know we had a really great '18 season - I mean in terms of consistency). I have to think that improved Dome and a bigger budget for assistant coaches would likely translate into an extra win a year.

I could live with 8-4/7-5 records and going 4-4/5-3 in the ACC.

(BC was 4-4 in the ACC 5/7 years with him as HC, and BC won 7 games 5/7 years, with one year with 3 wins and another with 6.)

I could also live with giving the SU-BC game a little more meaning. We need more interest in the sport (on a college level) in the NE.
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