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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaBarrel, post: 4789264, member: 363"] Yeah that would be great too. The problem is a lot of these guys are currently getting scooped up by bigger programs. At the end of the day, the only way to truly fix Syracuse football would be to hire an absolutely great head coach with a great understanding of how to recruit at Syracuse (Freshman and portal guys), develop talent and navigate all the new portal opportunities. Coach must be innovative with scheme and smart enough on how to evolve as times change. I am not 100% set that it has to be an offensive coach either but somebody smart enough to figure it out and recruit better at O Line and D line as well. I think it's pretty evident that this is clearly the weakest link right now. Then after a few years Syracuse will somehow have to figure out how to retain this certain head coach. At this point the University and the boosters big, medium or small would have to step their game as well. To me that is the only way and this coach would have to be at least a 9.5 out of 10. Have to be unique individual in several areas if coach actually stays but $ always helps I honestly don't know who that is or who would even be up for the task. I see people throw names around but none look good enough to me. Currently, I don't think anybody knows, you would have to take a huge risk with this type of hire. Have to be like a Chip Kelly from 15-17 years ago who nobody even heard of before he left New Hampshire and went to be the OC at Oregon. But that's what it would take, IMO and that is a daunting task to say the least may not even be possible at this point. Have to be Lincoln Riley type when he was the OC at East Carolina before he blew up at Oklahoma. A head coach from FCS type. All that said, I then think you could win 8-9 games on a consistent basis. Maybe a drop off once in a while and maybe a playoff team once in a while (12 team) but it would take a special special head coach to do it. All that said, Dino wins 7 he will be here for at least a couple more years and I don't have any issue with it. [/QUOTE]

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