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Message: [QUOTE="OrangePA, post: 684583, member: 204"] Yes, if we get off to a bad start - that's bad. I get it. But getting off to a bad start - when the impact of the new conference affiliation and the new revenue and new infrastructure has not even begun - will not be fatal to the Program - not even close. I find the comparison to Providence College BB a difficult one. First, it's BB - not FB. In BB a small school with few resources can effectively compete by securing a single dominant player or two. That's why a Georgetown or St. Johns or Butler or Davidson or George Mason or that team from Florida this past year - I can't even come up with the name - can compete with teams like NC or UCLA or KY or SU. When Providence had Marvin Barnes and Ernie D - and Kevin Stacom - it competed. When it lost out on those players, it didn't compete. When Georgetown had Pat Ewing and others it won the NC. When it didn't - it didn't. When St. Johns had Chris Mullin and Walter Berry it won. When it failed to get those players - when the NCAA stopped it from giving housing money to players who went to school but who lived at home - it did not win. It was and remains all about talent. And in BB securing one or two talented players can make all the difference in the world. Football is a different game. It's driven by money. And it requires many talented players. Syracuse University - because of great coaching and great tradition - has had success over the years without having a lot of money. Though many - you included - were under the impression back in the early 2000s that SU had facilities and financial resources that were comparable to most other major programs, that was not even close to being true. It's still not true. But soon it will be closer to being true than ever before. And that reality - combined with the truly remarkable legacy of the program for nearly 100 years - will make a significant difference - even if the team slips a little bit next year - something that I feel will probably not happen. Second, looking at the Providence BB experience thirty three years ago is a stretch simply because college sports were in a different universe back then - it's hard to compare 1979 CBB to 2013 CFB for so many reasons. So, yes, it would be good for the Orange to get off to a good start. But time is on our side now. [/QUOTE]

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