Yep, for whatever reason UCLA (if open) would worry me more than USC, but, I don't think they move on from Chip this year. They spent a fortune to get him. USC has a huge game this weekend that I think makes or breaks Helton. He lost a bad one last week, and it's simply a matter of when they choose to move on. Dino would have to get to 8 wins this year to really be on their radar. Should that happen and USC open, I think Dino would be in that 4-5th option range. Urban, Franklin, USC grad, Peterson (perhaps) I think would be higher on their list.
I am not following your rationale. Because there are new ADs coming, they won't hire a new head football coach? Don't most (egotistical) administrators want their "own guy," especially in the beginning stages of their tenures?
* Only in Syracuse
now we just need a thread where someone suggests strategically losing to a mac team to avoid losing him to ucla or usc
That's not what he said. He's assuming new AD's will hire their coaches. If that's not Dino, those new coaches will get a few years before another change would be made, so Dino to a Los Angeles school would be off the table for a while.
Dino is doing well with recruits. Too many fans think that everything changed when Dino walked in the Dome door. Kids need to grow accustomed to SU winning and HCDB staying. He knows what he is building and he knows he does not have unrealistic expectations of NC's being won annually.
Yes and no. I agree with you that the recruiting should see an uptick but at the same time I really doubt we'll ever be in a spot where recruiting here is easy or, perhaps more accurately, as easy as many other places in the country. Not a ton of talent in NY and tough to keep that talent at home regardless. Tough to keep up with the factories on a facilities basis. I mean Penn State is really the only program in the northeast (MD, Rutgers, Temple, Cuse, BC, UMass, UB, Pitt) that has shown any kind of sustained success and much of that has to do with the fact that A) they aren't really a northeast school and B) The absurd prolonged success of the guy who was harboring a serial pedophile gives them a distinct advantage on a brand level.
