So seriously what is Fran doing?

[Newhouser]

Is this whole game a scree you to Carney? To arm chair quarterbacks questioning his decisions? This whole thing is weird.

 

[bnoro]

It's truly the most head scratching and idiotic things I've ever seen in all my years of watching college football.

Even if the motivation was "you want to boo Collins and see what else we have, here you go", it's complete and utter malpractice to put Filardi out there.

Genuinely might be a more embarrassing game than the Akron loss.

 

[HRE Otto IV]

Even really bad passing teams can get 250 yards passing. We struggle to get 100.

 

[CuseFan]

there was no gameplan whatsoever. playing a QB that clearly was not prepared, and cannot throw a decent accurate pass. how can Filardi be better than Carney? no short passes, screens, slants, or anything easy for either QB. just a terrible job of coaching today

 

[swish7]

I really wanted to see Carney play real minutes. He's looked decent in limited minutes.

 

[Newhouser]

There's more to this than game planning. He basically sacrificed a game to prove some sort of point. I like Fran but that's insane.

 

[swish7]

There's more to this than game planning. He basically sacrificed a game to prove some sort of point. I like Fran but that's insane.

Unbelievable, if true

 

[phil77]

There's more to this than game planning. He basically sacrificed a game to prove some sort of point. I like Fran but that's insane.

If this is somehow true that is the most crazy thing I have ever seen a coach do.

 

[orangecuse]

Last week a long time poster here was shamed and called out by suggesting Fran was a fraud in the game thread. Even an admin did his part in contributing to the ‘reindeer games.’ Below, is a definition of fraud;

‘A person or thing intended to deceive others, typically by unjustifiably claiming or being credited with accomplishments or qualities.’

After watching what was on display tonight, on national TV to boot, perhaps his “hot take” in that game thread, isn’t so “hot” after all?

 

[Red Holzman]

There's more to this than game planning. He basically sacrificed a game to prove some sort of point. I like Fran but that's insane.

Same but different:
Still think the LeMoyne exhibition loss was tactical by JB: "There's your M2M, fans".

 

[anomander]

I really wanted to see Carney play real minutes. He's looked decent in limited minutes.

I would too but he’s really only handed the ball off.

 

[kingtidge]

Something doesn't add up, that is for sure.

I don't know what the rationale was for starting a walk-on practice squad frosh LAX player QB that is clearly not a D1 QB by any stretch... And sticking with him all game.

It looked like what it was... Amateur hour and coaching malpractice.

 

[phil77]

I would too but he’s really only handed the ball off.

He mad a couple short accurate throws on the run against PITT

 

[cjmurray34]

There is no doubt in my mind he did this on purpose. Season is a loss. He knows it.

 

[sdhall01]

I love it. This was the greatest troll I’ve ever seen. Truly art.

 

[JJReddawg]

At this point the only logical excuse is that Fran was sent in by Schiano to tank Syracuse. It’s the only thing that would make sense to me at this point.

 

[Chip]

The whole thing feels like child abuse.

 

[OttosShoes]

Is this whole game a scree you to Carney? To arm chair quarterbacks questioning his decisions? This whole thing is weird.

Even if the motivation was "you want to boo Collins and see what else we have, here you go", it's complete and utter malpractice to put Filardi out there.

Another possibility is that HCFB wasn't trying to convince the armchair coaches, but that he was trying to convince...HCFB.

Going straight from the [replacement] QB1 to the walk-on without really stopping at QB2 or QB3 on their own published depth chart sure looks capricious. I don't think some unconscious-self-sabotage is out of the question here.

 

[BVille44]

Fran is doing the same thing to Carney that Ryan Day did to McCord.

There is a lot more to this story and I hope Pete Thamel can get one of his sources to come forward.

 

[HRE Otto IV]

To be fair Filardi was probably scout team QB going up against our 1st team D so he must look great

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Another possibility is that HCFB wasn't trying to convince the armchair coaches, but that he was trying to convince...HCFB.

Going straight from the [replacement] QB1 to the walk-on without really stopping at QB2 or QB3 on their own published depth chart sure looks capricious. I don't think some unconscious-self-sabotage is out of the question here.

It's stupid and nonsensical that they've chosen the "anybody but Carney" strategy.

Is the kid a massive jerk or something?

 

[CanadianSU]

It is pretty clear even in the games Syracuse has had success under Fran Brown that he is not a good game-day coach. I’m fine with that, so long as the game is won and he won 10 of them last year. But even in many of these wins there is some head scratchers, look at Clemson game for instance how they pretty much just had to run and kept throwing with Collins,

 

[Dr. Bill]

It's truly the most head scratching and idiotic things I've ever seen in all my years of watching college football.

Even if the motivation was "you want to boo Collins and see what else we have, here you go", it's complete and utter malpractice to put Filardi out there.

Genuinely might be a more embarrassing game than the Akron loss.

the fqans were screaming for change...now, we all know why there was no change earlier. We do not not have one Power 4 QB that is game ready after Angeli!

 

[sdhall01]

At this point the only logical excuse is that Fran was sent in by Schiano to tank Syracuse. It’s the only thing that would make sense to me at this point.

Yeah. He did that by winning more games at Syracuse than Rutgers has won since goddamn 2001

 

[IthacaBarrel]

Quite honestly, I’m not sure he knows what he’s doing. Who is coaching these QB’s and what is this offense and the coordinator doing to help them? I just don’t know. Didn’t Fran say he’s either coaching it or allowing it to happen? It’s horrendous what this offense looks like right now. Horrendous
I mean he ran out a walk on true freshman as the starter tonight? And was expecting results? He was talking the kid up on a radio show two weeks ago? I don’t blame the kid one bit, blame the coach who ran him out there and thought it was a good idea. Has to be one of the biggest boneheaded moves by a Syracuse coach ever and that’s saying something

The offense looked like a bad modified team last night. The O line flat out stinks as well. Slow , stiff, unathletic big people do not beat up little people.

Fran Brown is all hat no cattle, he talks a big game and yeah he’s a great recruiter but he’s over his head right now with what he’s trying to deal with and it shows