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Message: [QUOTE="orangenirvana, post: 314971, member: 156"] It's so easy to call a poster "dead wrong" when you have no argument to refute what he's saying, isn't it? Ah yes, the tried-and-true "I'd like to see you do it." I'm not a football coach. But if I was one, I would implement a creative scheme that would at least finish in the Top 100 among the 120 FBS programs. And if I failed that, then I would be shocked if I was retained. And despite not being a football coach, I know a struggling football coach when I see one. An offense that ranks #101 may be good enough for you, but it's not good enough for me and it shouldn't be good enough for anyone. And I would certainly hope that if we see another type of performance in 2012, it won't be good enough for Marrone, either. Yep, those were dominant SEC defenses that will be remembered for decades. Oh wait, no they aren't, and no they won't. How many players were drafted from those three teams? A whopping three - two from Cincinnati, one from Louisville (7th round), none from Rutgers. None chosen in the first round. Wow, no wonder Hackett's offense couldn't finish in the Top 100 against powerhouse defenses like that week in and week out. No coach in the world could come up with schemes and game plans that would perform better than Hackett's did considering the ultimate defenses his overmatched talent-deprived inferior players had to face those days. Wait - I thought recruiting rankings didn't count? Or are we to only ignore the recruiting experts when they evaluate Syracuse recruiting classes? Unless the evaluations are positive. Your logic for years has been that all coaches are the same, there are no good coaches or bad coaches, only good and bad players. It's pretty ridiculous. It's okay to evaluate a coach and conclude that the coach did a poor job relative to his peers. Really, you won't go to hell, I promise. There it is again. "Dead wrong." Yet, you've done nothing to prove that I'm even a little wrong, much less "dead wrong." Maybe someday. [/QUOTE]

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