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[QUOTE="JeremyCuse, post: 5458829, member: 43"]
There's good points being made on both sides here but people are also falling into the same trap they did in 2019 after Babers won 10 games. Now I am not comparing Dino to Fran, I think Fran clearly has shown an ability to recruit at levels Dino simply couldn't dream of and 10 wins in 1st year (albeit against a lighter schedule when you look at our OOC but still) shows he will likely will be the better overall coach as well.

However, just like in 2019 there appears to be a number of people who think we can replicate the prior 10 win season or will have 8+ wins just because of how last year went. That's simply not how this works. This year schedule is infinitely harder and SU has to essentially redo the entire offense from a skill position standpoint or close to it. Most importantly this team doesn't have Kyle MCcord or its top 4 playmakers that is a huge burden to overcome. SU's made strides already under Fran but were not Bama, PSU or Clemson, we just don't reload at least not yet. This team getting to 7-5 this year would be a huge accomplishment when you look at how tough the schedule is this year with zero gimmies beyond Colgate, even Uconn will be a battle.

I hope people will adjust their expectations as I fear there's going to be a lot of fans facing a reality check next fall especially if this team ends up at .500 which would not be a huge surprise even if they played reasonably well.
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