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[QUOTE="721Comstock, post: 5300243, member: 5429"]
I mean, Tony White had a MUCH better-performing D at Cuse, and did it with less overall talent, and far less depth.  
Plus with an offense that wasn't the greatest, so the D had to play a LOT of snaps.

Per Sports-Reference.com, here are the season overall D rankings for Syracuse: 
[COLOR=rgb(243, 121, 52)][B]2024  96 - ERob  [/B][/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=rgb(71, 85, 119)]2023  57 - Rocky Long[/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=rgb(71, 85, 119)][B]2022  41 - Tony White[/B][/COLOR]
[B][COLOR=rgb(71, 85, 119)]2021  65 - Tony White [/COLOR][/B]

xxxx (whatevs - covid)
2019  89 - Steve Stanard (interim) 
[COLOR=rgb(243, 121, 52)][B]2018  64 - (fire!) Brian Ward [/B][/COLOR]

[B]2017  99
2016  120  !!
2015  90[/B]

The[COLOR=rgb(243, 121, 52)] orange  [/COLOR]represent our 2 10-win seasons.  [B] [/B]
The [COLOR=rgb(71, 85, 119)]blue [/COLOR]represent our best defensive rankings (along with 2018) using the 3-3-5.

I'd wager we had objectively less 'talent' on the 21, 22, and '23 teams, than the 2024 squad.  
And certainly less depth.

So - either ERob needs a LOT more talent, and/or he needs to get a defensive guru like Paul Pasqualoni to assist him. 
Because we cannot rely on an insanely prolific O to carry us every season.   
And in a DART world, we cannot have a sub-par D for multiple seasons.  
The D being ranked in the 90's is just unacceptable.  Period.
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