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[QUOTE="Oakland, post: 1384026, member: 590"]
Somewhat optimistic.

Positives include: up trend in recruiting; better facilities; improvement in roster depth; recent bowl wins; mostly intact, mostly effective staff that should get, at least, marginally better; elimination of most of the bad apples and yearly drama.

Negatives include: continuous and ongoing overscheduling (LSU is just the latest loss we continue to schedule because 'we used to beat teams like that 20 yrs ago') - this is 100% on SU and there is no excuse for it; ongoing, brain dead, coaching decisions in the last 5 min of games (most of them are probably lost but at least give it a shot); an OL coach with no OL experience (is this really true?), -4 S.D. bad luck with QB recruiting and/or player development; uninspired and uninspiring OCs; injuries to key players going back to Reyes; too many penalties for too many years; and finally, a unique ability to give up a big play or get called for a foul on a key 3rd down play (on either side of the ball).

Overall, there have been a number of factors that have kept SU down for the past 14 years, some self inducted some not.  I just don't think these will continue forever - fortunes change, so I am somewhat optimistic.
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