My Take

[DuxburyO]

100% agree saving redshirts should be the last issue factoring in to any of the coach decisions.

If a player is not ready is a whole other consideration.

 

[tbonezone]

with the new transfer/portal rules REDSHIRT has to be the last thing on any coaches mind.

 

[Consigliere]

Also, at what point do we start shining a light on Dale Williams the OL coach?

This OL has looked awful. We spent a decent chunk of $$ on some of these guys. I know the injuries etc but the false starts, the confusion. This is a direct reflection of the coach.

It is also painful to see Enrique Cruz go to Kansas and be one of their better if not best OL. How did we miss this potential here? What were we doing? Because under Dino Cruz was doing great and had not per pff given up a single sack. This is not a "we shouldnt have let Enrique leave" post rather trying to shine light on an extremely weak spot..

FWIW, Purdue fans did come and warn us about Williams...

I hope to see this coaching spot updated in the offseason.

Certainly bittersweet for me watching Enrique flourish at Kansas, even though the Texas Tech game was a nightmare for their O Line.

I think he would have loved to spend his last year here while pursuing a masters from Newhouse but the staff gave him no clear path to playing time and the evaluations he received were wildly inconsistent. He is still dating a former Syracuse cheerleader from Canandaigua so who knows? A return to CNY in the future may be in the cards.

I can tell you he is still a proud Orange graduate and you can be assured he closely follows his former teammates. And his family is still very pro-Cuse to the point that his step dad has been caught more than once peeking at our games on his phone from his seat in the Booth.
And that’s great news as his “little “ brother, Liam, is now a 6’5”, 290 lb starting LT and DT as a 15 year old sophomore for his undefeated Willowbrook High team in suburban Chicago. Liam has attended elite camps at LSU in addition to Syracuse and Kansas and has trained with Joe More at Velocity Football in Atlanta. One to keep an eye on recruitniks!