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[QUOTE="SBro44, post: 1108982, member: 769"]
I'm with you... on paper his resume looked good.
 
I think a lot of it came down to not understanding SU culture.  Not to beat a dead horse... he didn't really have northeast ties (coaching the Jets doesn't neccesarily expose one to NE high school football)... we never should have let Ray Rice and Courney Greene ( I think his name is the safety who ended up at Rutgers) go.  I don't Coach P left the roster as depleted as some people... there was still some NFL guys on the team G-rob inherited.
 
Things just snowballed out of control.  I don't pretend to be and X and O's expert, but I was never impressed with the play calling either... that is what shocked me the most, because he was so highly thought of at both college and Pro levels.  Then we had this offense that was simple as could be, with marginal talent (Andrew Robinson bubble screen to Lavar Lobdell isn't going to win many games)... and a defense that stayed in their base the whole game (never blitzing or making the opposing offense uncomfortable
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