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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 47447, member: 40"] Agreed. Which is why winning games / getting to a bowl last year [and possibly this year] are so important. The offensive play has been UGLY--no question. I just believe that it's due to the coaching staff doing what they have to do [precisely becaue of what you suggest--that Marrone knows what he has] to maximize wins in the short term to improve the perception of SU on the recruiting trail. The value of going to a bowl last year wasn't that it helped the coaches "close" strong on the class of 2011--the real value was that it enabled them to "sell" the program being on the right track in the off-season, laying the foundation for what is shaping up as a very solid class of 2012. That success we had in June / July lining up all those commits wouldn't have been possible [or probably wouldn't] without being able to sell the program as being on the way up. [/QUOTE]