Actually look in the mirror...he's spot on with he comments in this thread. I appreciate the EIU fan coming over to give solace and hope but barrell has nailed the reality of this year and beyond. Much as Babers has said himself, just that all of us hoped otherwise being seduced by the great potential for the O.
This D will be historically bad all season with this Tampa 2 and with the natural attrition that has already started it's gonna b a slugfest against the NCsts, VTech, Uconns, BC's, Wakes, meaning we can hope to take 2 or 3 of those and have zero chance against the others. I know patience is needed of course but I for one am somewhat tapped out too (yeah already, cuz I see the handwriting on the wall with this D at this level so undersized and so overmatched).
And I'm not sure he'll see this thing through with the cruddy fan support compounding everything else. And I didn't like when he used the phrase in the pre USF presser in response to a question about patterns saying "if I stay long enough" this on top of his Freudian slip at his initial presser..."Syracuse is NOT, er, IS a destination school".
Gonna be tough to turn this thing around. May not be possible. If it doesn't happen in the near future for my own sanity I'm going to have to come to grips with the new (in my head at least as its been apparent for a while even if I've chosen not to see it), the reality new or not that we are and will be in the category with Wake, BC, old Duke, Rutgers, etc. It's two games in the season and I'm already depressed. :bang: