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[QUOTE="MSOrange, post: 1046184, member: 630"]
My dad went to Iowa and I've always thought of Syracuse lacrosse similar to Iowa wrestling.  Dan Gable , who for my money is one of the best coaches ever in any sport, coached Iowa wresting to 17 national championships and 25 consecutive Big Ten championships. He was succeeded by Jim Zalesky, an Iowa alum who had a spectacular wrestling career himself. His first three years, Zalesky continued the dominance with three national titles. The next few years they were still good but didn't win the national title. Then in 2006, they dropped to 6th place in the Big Ten and an 11-7 record. Sixth place was just an outrage! Zalesky got fired after that year.
 
While our lacrosse program hasn't quite had that sort of dominance, I was very proud of our Final Four streak. I'm far from a lacrosse expert but it's just really disappointing to lose in the first round again. Similar to Zalesky, Desko has done a lot for our program but sometimes you have to make tough decisions. The bottom line - if you screw up Iowa wrestling, you're probably going to have to answer for it pretty quickly and I think the same standard should apply to our lacrosse program. I agree with Jeremy that next year could be a make or break one for the Desko regime
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