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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeHeel, post: 475090, member: 152"] I have a slightly different view than others. It comes down to the simple fact that I'm not mad at Marrone, I'm mad at myself. I'm one of those people who grew up in Syracuse, got a degree at Syracuse, and went out of state for law school. After graduating from Carolina, I made a conscious decision to come back and I've never regretted it. I have had many other options for higher paying jobs in more popular locations, but I love living and working in Syracuse and the CNY area. It's where I'm from and it's home. Over the years I've seen my home decline. The population decreases. Industry moves out. There's a general malaise and a common belief that we'll never get back to where we were and we'll never be better than we were yesterday. Most other places I've been the community attitude to a new idea is how can it be done. Too often in Syracuse it's simply felt that it can't be done. An area at the crossroads of two major interstates and roughly equidistant from Montreal, Toronto, Boston, NYC, Philly, and Pittsburgh can't figure out how to be something greater. And if someone from around here has an idea how to be greater -- see Congel and Destiny USA -- we'll gladly eat our own. It's frustrating given how wonderful the people and the area have always been. This is compounded by the fact that I want CNY to be a place where my children want to be and where there are great jobs for them. Into all of this steps Doug Marrone preaching that Syracuse was a place to be rather than just a place to be from. I admit it -- cynical prosecutor me drank the kool aid. I believed every word he said and hoped he kept those words coming. I centered my hope and trust on the fact that he was a Syracuse guy. I looked at the example of Ben, Slugger Sr. & Jr., Desko, and of course JAB that there were people in the world for whom a place and an idea trumped everything else. And that people who held to those beliefs were able to accomplish remarkable things at a small private school in Upstate NY. Maybe I flattered myself too much by saying that from my personal experiences I can identify with people like that. I know that there are a million things that could have gone wrong since he was hired and as that old country song goes "we all live in a two story house". I get it and if (when) Marrone leaves I'll wish him nothing but the best. But the simple fact is that he promised to finish what he started and I don't believe he has fulfilled that promise quite yet. I will continue to buy my football/basketball season tickets, pay for my preferred seating, and make two or three road games a year. But what I won't do is believe a word out of the next football coach's mouth about "family, loyalty, and commitment" until he has backed up those words with many years of actions like the other coaches that I mentioned have done at SU over the years. As the saying goes, "fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me". Good luck Coach Marrone no matter what you decide. Go Orange!!!! [/QUOTE]

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