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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 1563120, member: 837"]
'Destination job'? I'd accuse you of using a tired cliche, except I've never heard that term before so I suppose I can't. But what about Syracuse screams destination? The location in the northeast and in one of the 'worst' (perception, at least) climates in the country? The fact that it's a smallish private school fighting against massive public land grant institutions and huge private football factories? The fact that it draws 30K a game to an outdated stadium? The fact that the program is 64-103 since the Insight Bowl win in 2001?

I mean, I get it, we're a power 5 school and that carries some weight. I also am not trying to simply hammer the program I root for. But the bottom line with however one would define a 'destination' program is that you need to take context into account. Notre Dame had a hard time landing it's top candidate once Davie and Ty had done their best to destroy things. Once Weis actually won some games initially there, I think people had at least a slightly better vibe about it and whenever Kelly moves on, it probably becomes an elite opening again, but that was not the case a few years ago.

But my ultimate point, really, is that unless you are one of the top handful or two of programs, you are likely always going to be in danger of a coach getting scooped up by one of the big fish and/or the NFL. That's the way this thing goes.
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