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[QUOTE="elimunelson, post: 3400555, member: 615"]
Modernizing is a sexy way of saying "they needed funds". The job of AD morphed in the past 10 plus years of becoming a fundraiser first and foremost. Jake was the HC of Dartmouth football. He wasn't built to fund raise and the school did no favors of funding his athletic dept. Jake wasn't stupid. He knew the world was moving under his feet and decided to step aside. I just wish he could have remained as an advisor. Guy helped build the big east and put Syracuse in position for conference realignment (which we know he wasn't 100% for but understood the $$ implications)

He was a visionary of what Syracuse became. They should build a statue for the sports machine he built in the middle of nowhere. Throughout the 80s/90s/early 2000s the school (private school that is) had the best two way operation in football and basketball. They had the absolute best lax program and they had continuity. The continuity is the secret sauce for sustained results.

The end snuck up on us because the school hired a carnival barker who could lean on people to open their wallets at the mercy of the continuity built.
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