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Message: [QUOTE="WoadBlue, post: 467434, member: 1145"] That is but half the picture. Some coaches have 'NFL eyes.' They are working to become NFL HCs some day: that, not becoming the winningest coach at a college, is the ultimate dream. A coach with NFL eyes leaving his alma mater for an NFL job means nothing about another coach who is a natural HC for college football and knows that. Would it best for Syracuse if Marrone stays? Absolutely. Is it a major blow if he leaves? Not if a right man is hired. The program is no longer at the bottom. It is now well placed to maintain winning and take a step up. That means the job is more attractive now than it was 4 years ago. That would be true without the added bonus of ACC membership and playing FSU and Clemson annually as part of the division race. All the new foes located in the South not only will make it easier for Syracuse to fill talent gaps from FL and the rest of the South, but it also will make it easier for a coach from the South and/or with major ties to the South to see how Syracuse could be a great move for him. ADs keep files on prospective new HCs should anyone leave, and I have no idea who is on the football list Gross keeps. It might now be filled with people with CA connections. But an example of a winning Major conference HC I would want to talk to about the Syracuse job is Mississippi State's Dan Mullen. After having been a successful OC at Florida, would he leave Miss St? Perhaps not, but he is a native of NH who spent 5 years coaching in the northeast, including 1 year as a GA at Syracuse. Why might he leave Miss St? It is a definite #2 school and program in MS to Ole Miss, whose new HC Freeze is going to revive the Rebels as well as Mullen has breathed life into the Bully Boys. A winning Ole Miss team will take the sunshine away from Miss St. If Mullen stays in the murder's row of the SEC West, how long before the natural forces rake over and Miss St, even well coached, struggles to win 2 league games? Remember, the division just git tougher with Bielema headed to Arkansas and Malzahn to Auburn. That is added to facing Saban and Miles and Johnny Manziel. If Miss St returns to historic form as the least team in the SEC West, where will Mullen find his next HC job? If he finds the SEC West so tough that he has 3 consecutive losing SEC campaigns and gets fired, and that easily could happen because of Miss St's weaknesses relative to the rest of the division, the assumption will be that Mullen is merely a once great OC under Urban Meyer who couldn't cut the mustard as SEC HC. As Syracuse is largely rebuilt and Mullen knows the northeast, and as ACC membership means that now Syracuse will have a significant southeastern presence where Mullen is well known as coach and recruiter, Mullen might find a move from Miss St to Starkville a wise one. If Marrone leaves, Syracuse has good possibilities. [/QUOTE]

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