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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeFoo, post: 50532, member: 210"] So exactly where will Shafer and Marrone go that is a step up from Syracuse? Obviously hey can go to one of the legit historical powerhouses who I would say are Tier 1: Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, Nebraska, USC, Oklahoma, Texas, Tennessee, Georgia, Auburn, Alabama, LSU, Florida, ND Tier 2: FSU, Clemson, Miami, Oregon, UCLA, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Va Tech, [COLOR=#ff6600][B]Syracuse[/B][/COLOR], GTech Guess what folks, if someone from Tier 1 comes calling either Marrone or Shafer it won't come down to money it'll come down to what their aspirations as coaches. Here is the other thing, the ACC puts Syracuse with all of our history and tradition firmly into a tier 2 program. If one of them come calling I definitely can see money being the primary factor in whether they stay or not, I would guess that Marrone wouldn't go to another tier 2 school unless he was going to get an astronomical amount of money, Shafer might go to a tier 2 for either a little ore money or a promotion to HC. There probably is a tier 3 with whatever SEC school decides to come calling as well. This is the beauty of our ACC move that just hit me, we are now one of the haves, we don't need to act like a have not where we are worried about some mediocre school stealing our coaches anymore. In my opinion we have the tradition and the recruiting area to be a solid tier 2 school who is consistently top 25 and every 3 or 4 years makes a top 10 or top 5 run. The major assumption I am making is that the school has a goal of doing that and dedicates the resources needed to join tier 2 or if the school is happy just raking in BCS dollars and being a top 40 program. I see our ceiling as being Wisconsin our median being a rich man's Northwestern/Purdue and at our worst being a Vanderbilt or Wake... I don't think we will ever get down to the level of the Dukes, Indiana, etc... [/QUOTE]

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