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[QUOTE="Lou_C, post: 1859762, member: 3201"]
I think this is right.  The first step is to lose FUN.  6-7 wins can be found pretty quickly, but you are at least several recruiting classes away to be competing with FSU and Clemson unless they implode like they did in the 2000s.  You're talking about some of the elite programs in the country.  I think the best chance to upgrade quickly is for high 3 and low 4 star recruits within several hundred miles that don't fit the prototypical size that the super elite programs are looking for to see Syracuse as the program at which they are most going to shine and be showcased.

If Babers can offer a better showcase than schools like Pitt, Rutgers, BC, Penn State, etc, and a chance to get on the field early, I think that's going to matter more than whether you win 6 games or 7 games.

Easy for me to say not being a Syracuse fan, but I don't think the wins and losses are nearly as important as whether Syracuse is establishing a system that is going to make it unique in the region.  If you win four games, but at times the offense looks unstoppable, and you scare some people as you suggest...I'd feel pretty good about things.  I would take that over gutting out six wins on luck and balls and effort, but not seeing evidence the offense is going to work in the ACC.

It's really about what is going to elevate the talent level.
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