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Message: [QUOTE="orangecuse, post: 4787324, member: 668"] I'm going to attempt to draw a correlation of this along with General Motors. It has a personal tilt, so it may not be that accurate or on point at all. My father (still alive today at age 93) worked in middle management for GM for nearly 4 decades, commencing in its heyday. At one time, GM had nearly 60% of the market share. The GM brass mind set/train of thought, etc. around this time was one of arrogance, ungratefulness, etc., and certainly lacked any true vision. Generally, chuckling at the idea/thought that the Japanese/foreign auto competitors would ever really make much of a dent, if any at all, into their market dominance, etc. By the time the GM powers that be shifted from their myopic mindset, the momentum, wherewithal, etc. of its foreign competitors had so much kinetic force, the damage not only was done, but it was irreversible. Whenever the name Roger Smith comes up, my dad still to this day...well, let's just say in his 100% Italian/Sicilian way...[I]fugetabouit[/I]! :) The [I]"only game in town" [/I]and [I]"get a life"[/I] mantra from the SU brass has no doubt, IMO, played a contributing role in SU's demise of its football program. This mindset that the product is fine the way it is, or good enough, etc. deeply seeded the culture at Syracuse University. Its affect has been long lasting. Decades of losing, the laissez faire type attitude for the most part has not only lost generations of past interested local constituents, moreover, it halted any viability in expanding/growing its fan base. Furthermore, consistently being behind the eight ball and reactionary in nature just to maintain any semblance of relevance/staying afloat nowadays is a mighty and practically futile uphill battle. The damage has been so significant, the reality is, it's highly improbable that Syracuse University will ever be a true player again on the major college football landscape. [/QUOTE]

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