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Enjoyed reading that article.
I can't believe Daoust made $225-$240k at SU as a Dline coach/ST coordinator. Holy crap I picked the wrong profession.
GREAT article.
And yeah - so much for our coaches being "underpaid".
Even if SU had doubled their salaries, would the results have been one iota better?
I think not.
But - I disagree with the premise:
The players are not remotely the same guys they coached 2+ years ago.
Physically, mentally, maturity, experience-wise, scheme, etc.
This will be a tough game because it's a road game against a solid team.
That several of that team's coaches used to coach some of our players in a former era, should be the least of our concerns.
GREAT article.
And yeah - so much for our coaches being "underpaid".
Even if SU had doubled their salaries, would the results have been one iota better?
I think not.
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Indiana paid Hart $340k to be RB’s coach for reference.Excellent piece.
I suspect, though, that most P5 programs pay their staff more (if not much more) than what Lester and Daost made. In the abstract $240K is a great salary, but in context I'm guessing it's not terribly competitive.
Thankfully it sounds like Wildhack and Babers have addressed that situation and that our staff is more appropriately paid these days.
Excellent piece.
I suspect, though, that most P5 programs pay their staff more (if not much more) than what Lester and Daost made. In the abstract $240K is a great salary, but in context I'm guessing it's not terribly competitive.
Thankfully it sounds like Wildhack and Babers have addressed that situation and that our staff is more appropriately paid these days.
GREAT article.
But - I disagree with the premise:
The players are not remotely the same guys they coached 2+ years ago.
Physically, mentally, maturity, experience-wise, scheme, etc.
.
The things that stuck out to me were the fact that Lester said the personnel was NOT ACC level personnel moving from the Big East to the ACC, and that's what Babers has said through 2 years as he's tried to turnover the roster. This team was not ACC ready, even for Shafer - as Dope Marrone left the cupboard bare. Lester said he felt like they were getting there (personnel wise) with their first 2 classes and he might've been right if you look at the seniors in key positions for us right now (and last year). I think Babers feels we're almost there now as he's said a few times this August we finally look the part (physically).
It's also a shame again on the facilities and staffing support that Syracuse football has faced from this Administration. He says the support staff they had at Syracuse was G5 the same as Western Michigan. Syracuse had 1, WMU had 1 and Purdue had 5. We need to act like a P5 program if we want to be one.
GREAT article.
And yeah - so much for our coaches being "underpaid".
Even if SU had doubled their salaries, would the results have been one iota better?
I think not.
But - I disagree with the premise:
The players are not remotely the same guys they coached 2+ years ago.
Physically, mentally, maturity, experience-wise, scheme, etc.
This will be a tough game because it's a road game against a solid team.
That several of that team's coaches used to coach some of our players in a former era, should be the least of our concerns.
They went 7-6 with Terrell Hunt as QB, and should have beaten Penn St. and Pitt.
Doug Marrone didn't hire cool kid as OC and run off Jerome Smith for the 2014..
Agree completely. Lester knows very little about this team and these players. They are three years removed and no where near the same.
The things that stuck out to me were the fact that Lester said the personnel was NOT ACC level personnel moving from the Big East to the ACC, and that's what Babers has said through 2 years as he's tried to turnover the roster. This team was not ACC ready, even for Shafer - as Dope Marrone left the cupboard bare. Lester said he felt like they were getting there (personnel wise) with their first 2 classes and he might've been right if you look at the seniors in key positions for us right now (and last year). I think Babers feels we're almost there now as he's said a few times this August we finally look the part (physically).
It's also a shame again on the facilities and staffing support that Syracuse football has faced from this Administration. He says the support staff they had at Syracuse was G5 the same as Western Michigan. Syracuse had 1, WMU had 1 and Purdue had 5. We need to act like a P5 program if we want to be one.
They went 7-6 with Terrell Hunt as QB, and should have beaten Penn St. and Pitt.
Doug Marrone didn't hire cool kid as OC and run off Jerome Smith for the 2014..
Perfect for the pro game.Great coach, poor-mediocre recruiter.
Perfect for the pro game.
It may be true that SU wasn't ready for the ACC as they joined, but I'm not in any way convinced that Shafer's recruiting was going to rectify that. Not that his staff didn't land some good players - evidenced by the number who will be seeing significant time this season - however the general size, speed and depth of those classes weren't up to snuff.