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[QUOTE="timkay99, post: 797289, member: 635"]
I think this goes with the style of recruiting.

Marrone always wanted a power run team combined with a short passing game and a physical, fast defense.  He also always viewed Syracuse as a developmental school that will rely on its upperclassmen.  He wanted the better athletes on the defensive end b/c he viewed he could scheme an offense with avg D-1 athletes (which we didn't have when he arrived) to score enough if the defense holds up its end.

So, I think the team, with Marrone at the helm, would be running the ball 2 times more then this one (and maybe more).  This team, under Marrone, would have Smith, Gulley, Morris and McFarlane (and then you look at maybe Gus Edwards if he stayed) and would pound, pound, pound.  Use the play-action passing game to get West and Kobena open (and maybe Funderburke) and take pressure off a true frosh QB named Zach Allen.

You won't get an argument from me that the talent from the 2 schemes (Hackett to McDonald) do not fit.  I also think it is hard to say no Mike Williams, so he didn't recruit well in the skill player category.  Many teams go decades without a player like Mike Williams.
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