Yes I will beat this dead horse, but what is a better time than now? Program has momentum, the players are hyped up. Time to capitalize. Show him and our future recruits the stability.
I am sure this is an over reaction and reading way to much into it, but DM is very honest and open with his players about the goals for himself and his team. He has also done an amazing job about teaching these young men to keep things very close to the "programs chest". One of our greatest complaints as fans under DM is we are held and arms length away from what is truly going on in the program. Getting information out of the program last year and even more so this year is comparable to getting information out of the former USSR. The only way is through those who have "escaped" from behind the "Iron Curtain"( or is it a blue one); i.e. BlackKnight, Rocco, etc... (Fellas I would be afraid because the KGB, I mean DMGB might hit you with a poisoned umbrella tip in a subway for sharing inside info.

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This being said, when I saw the silly attempt at a Gatorade bath, I thought to myself that perhaps he has made it clear what is expected for him to continue his run as coach. Could that bath be a celebration that he has met a goal set by him and the administration on what is acceptable as a season goal? Although there have been many arguments about the purging of the program when he first came in, no one can argue that the players that are here and playing now are not 100% behind DM as a coach and father figure. This is a very unique year for the program. I would not be surprised if the bar has been lowered just a tad because of the conflict in scheduling, home games, transitions, strength of schedule, etc...
DG is on record for supporting DM and the direction that the program is going, yet, to save his butt, this season could not be a stinker. Unfortunately it is not gravity and physics that make the world go round but money (thus China having so many high tides lately

; I'll save that for the OT board

). Is a 4 win season the base line for the schedule. By no means am a suggesting that the program feels as if this is acceptable,of course it is a bowl invite, but could this have been where an extension would be offered? I know that I am reading a lot into a failed attempt at a bath but that is what fans do.
Stayed tuned next week bat fans errr I mean Syracuse fans
BAM; KRPLUNK; SMACK; KAPLOWIE ....
PS
I apologize for my posts being so long about such simple things, but I have been relegated to the confines of deep dark South Florida and my only outlet is through 16 Title 1 third grades who have just been taught to recognize where they are located on a map of the US. Of course, outside of locating where they are in regards to the rest of the US, they can also recognize Syracuse NY. I thought this more important than being able to recognize the national capitol of DC at this point in their young blossoming educational experiences. There is also a practice in my classroom that they get a treat if they can tell me the SU score from the weekend.
MEM