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[QUOTE="SUFan44, post: 241040, member: 39"]
I take issue with this post. You say "you could see the steady progress on the field, even though the record didn't show it including beating Nebraska in the Dome."
 
Well, I would actually argue that aside from the final few games this year - with a team that was inexperienced on D and lacking any type of real game-breaker on O, not to mention ravaged by injuries to key positions in the secondary - you CAN see progress being made.
 
We looked exponentially better in Marrone's first year than we did in GRob's last, even though the record didn't really indicate that.

We went 8-5 and went to a bowl his second year with a ton of guys that he had started coaching the prior year.
 
Are there some flaws with the team? Absolutely. Do we need to improve every phase of the game? Without a doubt.

But the defeatist attitudes around here are ridiculous. Marrone is doing the best that he can do with what he's giving, things are improving every year (Manley renovations, locker room renovations, influx of capital from ACC move), we have arguably our best recruiting class (on paper/from film) in years coming in, and all anyone can talk about is the negative aspects of the program.
 
I love Syracuse, will always love my alma mater. But it's no wonder that schools negatively recruit against us using our fan base.
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