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Message: [QUOTE="Sullycuse, post: 471264, member: 438"] I wanted to be second baseman for the red sox when I was little...dreams change. Obviously that's an extreme example, but same idea. When he said it was his dream job to come back and coach at Syracuse, he may very well have meant it in that moment...he was getting few nods elsewhere so who's to say he wasn't absolutely ecstatic, or that it was "like a dream" to be able to be given a chance at SU and help Syracuse football in his process of trying to prove himself as a coach. And again, he wasn't highly touted...SU fans weren't all that impressed with the hire if I recall correctly...in fact they weren't all that impressed until about a month or two ago...so how does a new coach endear himself to a fanbase that doesn't want him? He tells them that what they have lines up with exactly what he's looking for, that he came from this fine institution, and it's his DREAM to rebuild it to its glory days...then AND ONLY THEN, does he have any bit of sentiment from the fans with which to run with. So when you say you're "disappointed" in a grown man for having higher aspirations (whether driven by goals, or money, or location, or whatever) I'm pretty sure he would turn around and say "What were you saying when I was hired? Were you criticizing my coaching history as an offensive coordinator for a QB who could pretty much run his own offense? Were you citing my middling times as coordinators with other programs? Okay sure you have the right to be 'disappointed' in me then...I couldn't care less what you think". The fact is, the guy is always a step behind in terms of perception...even now most don't think he's going to get hired or ready for the nfl, or any teams 1-5 pick as next coach...So I don't blame him for taking interviews when they're there and keeping phone lines to bigger coaching jobs open(considering the hot seat talk earlier this season), and I certainly am not going to be "disappointed" in someone who did a solid coaching job to make Syracuse respectable again...and quite frankly I don't think Doug Marrone cares what I think either way...and he shouldn't, he's a grown man. [/QUOTE]

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