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Message: [QUOTE="Rocco, post: 316765, member: 51"] Granted, last year's 5 game slide sucks. We can keep beating the hell out of that horse too (not addressed at you Whitey). Correct, he's 17-20 in 3 years. GRob was: 2005: 1-10, 0-7 BE (took over a 6-6 team) 2006: 4-8, 1-6 BE 2007: 2-10, 1-6 BE 2008: 3-9, 1-6 BE [B]Totals: 10-37, 3-25 BE[/B] 3-25. Took over a 6-6 team. hmmm. Marrone is 17-20, 6-15 and was hired to take over the warm garbage that GRob left for him. He made a bowl game his 2nd year. He missed a bowl game last year by one victory. GRob never sniffed a bowl game. People quickly forget how much of a hole this program was in 2008. 20+ players were asked or voluntarily left the program. He had 60 scholarship players or something his first year. Marrone even said when he was hired that this was going to take 5 years to turn around. Need to restore the Orange Pride and Tradition. I think Monday's activities prove that he is starting to do that. This year, the majority of the players are ones he recruited for his system. We are playing an absolutely brutal OOC conference schedule that will challenge the piss out of the staff and players, as well as the fans. We most likely won't be delighted with the results, but I'm holding out a bit of hope. We got a young team with alot of athleticism. So why not extend Marrone? By bringing in a new coach, our schedule isn't going to be any easier. He will have to recruit new players for his system and will likely muddle up the recruiting areas/system. The staff is making inroads in NYC, PA, MI, GA, FL, DC/VA/MD. Why would you start over? Marrone has said that this is his dream job. We can go out and hire an up-and-comer and he dumps us for a hotter girlfriend in 4 years. Back to square one. We need consistency in the program, and the absolute only way to do it right now is to offer Marrone a 3 or 4-year extension. It would show that SU is standing behind him and the staff to right the ship. GRob took over a 6-6 program and drove it into the shitter, to be polite. Marrone took over a 10-37, 3-25 program and has turned it into 17-20, 6-15 in 3 years. Earth-shattering? Not at all. I'd like to see a coach take over a program that was annually in the ESPN Bottom 10, lose 20+ players within months after your hiring, have antiquated facilities, a miserable fan base and turn it into a winner in 3 years. Marrone took us to 8-5 in his 2nd year. 2nd year. Last year was a disappointing ending, no doubt. But we also trounced a WVU team that put up 70 on Clemson in a BCS bowl game. Just saying. We are in a better position with Marrone than we were without him. That is enough reason to give him an extension. [/QUOTE]

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