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Message: [QUOTE="Statesman1, post: 1249044, member: 3507"] All this talk of what a swell guy Casullo is and what an abrasive jerk St. Doug was/is brings me back to a time one of our starting mlb's Dad's talked my ear off about his boy at a home game during the GROB era. He told me all about what a great kid his son was and what a great group of nice young men GRob had assembled. Real nice boys, hard workers, and good students. GRob was a swell guy, too! The kind of guys you'd like your daughter to marry. Fantastic! This man was a complete gentleman and it was a genuine pleasure to chat with this proud father. One problem- his son should never have been a starter for us as play after play he consistently gave up the edge to the opposing rb's in yet another GROB rout. Pass defense was even worse as he just didn't have the tools to keep up. This was a dark time in our program as you all know. If I'm looking for qualities in a future son in law- this kid sounded like he fit the bill. However, if I'm building a competitive football program I'm going in a different direction. Same thing for coaches- as much as I'd like to have a coach who is a swell guy I'd sooner have a competent one. If the worse thing Marrone did was rub people the wrong way and not get along with the media, I couldn't be more fine with that - as long as he's putting a beat down on the Mountaineers. And if I'm a Bills fan (thank God I'm not), I'm not too worried about text messages or internal power struggles- I'm happy my team played meaningful games into December. But then again I'm not a booster looking to get his ego stroked, a former player looking for access, or a member of the media looking for a quote, so my only dog in the hunt is the quality of the product on the field. Both Syracuse and Bills fans had similar problems in that regard until St. Doug arrived on the scene, and for that he gets a tip of the cap. [/QUOTE]

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