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[QUOTE="leftytg, post: 1883282, member: 2651"]
that's a distinction without a difference, in my opinion.

For one, Shafer benefits from inheriting the program from Marrone, who had righted the ship.  Shafer than proceeded to capsize the ship all over again.  The aggregate numbers look better than the actual state of the program at the end of Shafer's tenure.

But, more importantly, the difference in wins isn't particularly meaningful.  It is besides the point to argue really bad vs. kinda bad.  The big picture point is that Syracuse has been recruiting marginal talent for meathead football.  The roster isn't particularly big, fast, or skilled.  Dino is in the process of turning that over and de-programming bad habits and teaching good habits.  That takes time and it is a bumpy road.

Expecting Syracuse to bypass that bumpy learning curve and be good quickly because Syracuse was only kinda bad whereas Baylor was really bad is misguided.  The main takeaway is that 1) this system works and 2) it takes time to a) mold existing talent to the new system and b) recruit new, better fitting talent to the system.
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