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Message: [QUOTE="SU94, post: 5659413, member: 202"] In the Dome era, SU football was hot/good when the Dome was new or newish. Although it received a nice makeover in recent years, it is not nearly as unique as it was in the 80s and early 90s. Meanwhile, SU hoops was top notch until moving to the ACC. But that also coincided with JAB (who I have great reverence for) got old and let it go. It is painful, but undeniable that this happened. Syracuse hoops and football were at or near the focal points of the Big East. Figurately as leading/winning programs, but also literally, as the Dome was the leading venue within the conference. Simply geography also plays a role here. Currently, in the ACC, the Dome is good or mid (as the kids say). In terms of Q rating, it is surpassed by Cameron Indoor, Dean Dome, Clemson's Memorial Stadium, Georgia Tech's Bobby Dodd Stadium (downtown location), Notre Dame Stadium, Doak Campbell Stadium. And others. But geographically, we are also an outlier, aka on the perimeter of the conference (the northernmost boundary). Go look at the conferences, most schools that thrive or succeed over the course of time are located nearer the center of their conference and/or have some geographical advantages. There are exceptions, of course, but I think that Penn State football has struggled with some of these issues too (plus they are perverted toward children, but that is a story for another day). And then, there are the daunting financials, namely the downside of being a mid-sized private school as opposed to a land grant state institution. Remember, we compete directly in the ACC (and that has been a struggle), but also against schools outside of the ACC. More daunting. The best solution that I see, [U]and it is nothing novel[/U], is that we find the next Coach Mac and the next JAB and pair them together for 8-10 years. Concurrently, like the 80s. I think and hope we are halfway home with Fran on board. And while I very much wanted Adrian to be the answer on the hoops side, it appears change is coming. The Money and NIL investment is important too, but to me, that is not why we are struggling at this very moment. Let's support Fran, let him cook, and have JW and Alex Kline get to work in the coming weeks. [/QUOTE]

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