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[QUOTE="OttoinGrotto, post: 14624, member: 297"]
I perceive that in the eyes of many here he has already earned JB like status. Or, the perception is that it is a certainty that he will.

I don't understand that myself. I realize that people are excited about Marrone, but JB is pretty much one of a kind, and if people are envisioning Marrone as being even somewhat similar to JB in terms of success/longevity/importance to the University I think they're setting themselves up for enormous disappointments. Its like on this board we have our very own Jordan-Lebron comparison going on - JB (Jordan) is the one with all the achievements, and Marrone (Lebron) doesn't have anywhere near the achievements but does have some hype and followers.

Putting aside that I think there are still major questions about how successful Marrone will be as the Syracuse coach short term, I think these kinds of projections are really unfair to Marrone. He's a better coach than GRob - that's true. Can he be a better coach than Pasqualoni? Can he be a better coach than Coach Mac? Let's see if he shakes out to those levels first before we start comparing him to JB.
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