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[QUOTE="kingtidge, post: 39011, member: 994"]
Because our local fanbase of diehards is too small.

Heck, I have two $99 seasons and I drive from Ballston Spa for each home game...

But at the end of the day, it's all relative.

4 years ago we weren't complaining all that much about paltry attendance... we were in shock and awe over how the worst 4 years in SU history had unfolded...

Yes - we need to get more people there and better product on field/more competitiveness should always be a need.

I think we all need to remember how far we had fallen... and getting out of that hole won't happen overnight...

Can we recruit better? I hope so. We need some real offensive playmakers badly.

Can we call better plays for a more athletically-gifted team with some key playmakers? I'd like to see that too...

Are going to need to grit and gut through some ugly performances until the talent is matched to a more attractive playbook on O? Very much likely.

This is a work in progress for sure... and I understand the mindset of Marrone to a certain degree... A conservative approach predicated on taking care of the football and not killing yourself with turnovers and mistakes - we simply don't have the skill position players to dig out of those holes. In addition, I have a feeling the playbook may open up a bit as the season progresses if we are not inundated with injuries. W/O playmakers, we can't play all our hands now and not expect some of the more talented teams in conference not to be ready for it.

My biggest gripe thus far has been the turnovers, mistakes and awful blocking on KO returns... in the Buttgers game especially.
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