Coach Mac inherited a brand new Dome stadium that was a true game changer for recruiting at the time.
Marrone never had that kind of advantage.
Just the opposite really - he was saddled with facilities that were near the bottom of, if not at the bottom of a weakened Big East.
It took Mac five years to get to the Cherry Bowl and two more years to get the attention of the NFL.
Marrone was an NFL HC candidate before he got the SU job - he already had the NFL’s attention.
I think they both left for the money. But I think that was Mac’s primary motivation.
Marrone was motivated by a number of factors.
He left too soon to leave behind a well established program - that’s true.