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Message: [QUOTE="nzm136, post: 1882460, member: 2531"] Barbers is probably a good coach. He does have a good track record. But the fears that he would jump are hilarious for a number of reasons: 1) He knew what he was getting into, and he has made that very clear. It's been pretty much what he signed up for so far, so if he didn't want pretty much exactly this, he wouldn't have taken the job. 2) I actually have a lot of faith in him - even if it doesn't always seem that way from my posts. However, our offense is bad right now, our defense is a train-wreck, and our special teams is up and down. Unless he wanted a step down job (OC, G5 HC, etc.), it would be very hard for him to find a place to land if he jumped right now. That could (and probably/hopefully will) change in a couple of years, but we aren't at that bridge yet. And, when we are at that bridge, there's a good chance that we will be an attractive enough spot to hire someone else that's very good. Anyway, if we start winning again, we will actually be an amazing job. SU is a good school with a good history. We're In a great conference with great exposure down south, and we have top of the line facilities (especially after the Done renovations). We would even have positive momentum, and unlike successful coaches at Michigan, Notre Dame, Alabama, etc. who blend in with all of their other coaches, Good SU coaches are seen as (and forever remembered as) great heros at Syracuse, where they would have close to absolute job security. And lastly, if you look at how much more schools like Baylor at making now vs 10 years ago when they were terrible, we'd be crazy to not pay any good coaches at SU very, very well. Worrying right now is insane, and worrying down the road might even be close to crazy. [/QUOTE]

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