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[QUOTE="OrangeTarheel, post: 1183096, member: 887"]
To the OP's point about the N Zone offense ... if I recall correctly there was talk of how running that type of offense would attract a higher caliber of recruit to Syracuse.  We were desperately in need of wide receivers and, if we ran an offense where they played the central role, we might be able to turn that position around.  Am I crazy to recall such things being said?

I think McDonald set himself up to be demoted with his comments to the paper on his own play calling.  He did not demonstrate a whole lot of seriousness and care to his craft in a public forum.  And then his reaction after demotion really confirmed that he wasn't ready for such a high profile role.  We'll lose him but if we weren't going to be able to promote him then we were going to lose him anyway.

I understand the question so much as we are all frustrated by this year's team, most every poster here at least *hoped* that development was a straight line with positive movement every year (many of us *believed* that to be true.) Clearly, our development will be in fits and spurts.  Even if HCSS was canned today that development would continue unevenly, might even get worse, so I think we just stick with Scott and see if he can't figure it out.

The one thing I always believed about Greggers was that he didn't give a rat's ass about Syracuse.  I don't get that from HCSS.  You can't succeed without a passion for what you do, HCSS has that passion and we might be rewarded yet by his relentlessness.  That was part of the hope in hiring him, I think that is what keeps me believing despite this season.
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